Purpose – Hospitals need to determine if an international patient department is a necessity to communicate with and manage international patients. Design/Methodology/Approach – A benchmarking instrument was created to assess the level of professionalism in managing international patients,...

Introduction -- How to use this book -- Action research -- Autoethnography -- Case study -- Constructionism -- Content analysis -- Critical realism -- Critical theory -- Deduction -- Delphi method -- Document analysis -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Ethical practice -- Ethnomethodology --...

This study defines and explores health tourism and its three main components: medical, wellness, and spa tourism. Health tourism comprises around 5% of general tourism in the EU28 and contributes approximately 0.3% to the EU economy. Health tourism has a much higher domestic share than general...

This study defines and explores health tourism and its three main components: medical, wellness, and spa tourism. Health tourism comprises around 5% of general tourism in the EU28 and contributes approximately 0.3% to the EU economy. Health tourism has a much higher domestic share than general...