%0 Journal Article
%T Medical Tourism: A New Role for Nursing?
%A Merav Ben Natan
%A Ellen Ben-Sefer
%A Malka Ehrenfeld
%J Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
%D 2009
%I 
%X Medical tourism is on the rise; however this healthcare trend raises significant issues related to the safety and appropriateness of care. The purpose of this article is to provide healthcare professionals with a better understanding of the phenomenon of medical tourism. The authors will begin by reviewing the history of medical tourism, noting specific medical tourism destinations, and presenting reasons for this increase in medical tourism. Next they will discuss quality and safety issues associated with medical tourism, provide criteria to assess quality of care in other countries, and address ethical and legal consideration inherent in medical tourism. They will conclude with a consideration of the nursing role in medical tourism.
%K accreditation
%K criteria for selecting medical tourism sites
%K international healthcare costs
%K medical tourism
%K quality of care in medical tourism
%K nursing role in medical tourism
%U 10.3912/OJIN.Vol14No03PPT02