Medical Tourism : Historical Foundations, Current Contexts, and Emerging Trends (Hardcover)

Introduction?Part I: Foundation and Evolution in Medical Tourism?1. Medical Travel?A Critical Assessment?2. Medical Tourism: The Newest of Niches?3. Traditional Medical Practices and Information Technology A Study on Customer Relationship Management in Ayurveda Tourism?4. Health and Tourism: A Conceptual Shift?5. Tourism and Health: Current Issues and Future Concerns?Part II: Medical Tourism in Context?6. Medical volunteers as accidental tourists: humanitarianism and the European refugee crisis.?7. Pet attachment, experiential satisfaction and experiential loyalty in medical tourism for pets.?8. Terminal illness and tourism: a review of current literature and directions for future research?9. Tourism and final wish making: the discourse of terminal illness and travel?Part III: Insights and Trends in Global Medical Tourism?10. Taking your Life into your own Hands? New Trends in European Health Tourism?11. Is adventure tourism therapeutic??12. Elderly Travellers and Health. Tourism Recreation Research