pt. 1. Scope and scale of nation branding -- pt. 2. Conceptual roots of nation branding -- pt. 3. Ethical and pragmatic issues in nation branding -- pt. 4. Current practice and future horizons for nation branding.

Interest in the concept and practice of nation branding has proliferated in recent years. Whilst it is clearly true that nations have always sought to promote themselves and their economic, diplomatic and military interests, it has only been in the last decade or so that nations have turned to...

Within European cross-border health care, recent studies have identified several types of international patients. Within the Anglo-Saxon setting, the specific terminology of medical tourism is used. The analytical purpose of the paper is to resolve this semantic difference by suggesting an...

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,...