Medical tourism Week 9
Is medical tourism another way (poor) people in developing
countries are exploited by wealthy foreigners? What do the
different readings this week, directly or indirectly, argue?
Question 2:
All three readings this week raise concerns, directly or indirectly,
about the term tourism in regards to the travel for medical or
reproductive reasons. Both Beth Kangas and Amy Speier prefer
the term travel over tourism, that is, medical travel instead of
medical tourism (Kangas) and cross-border reproductive travel
instead of reproductive tourism (Speier).
Questions
What do you think about the authors’ reservations regarding the
term tourism (as in medical tourism, reproductive tourism, or
transplant tourism)? Connected to this question: What are the
authors’ (underlying) views on tourism? What do you think of the
replacement of the term medical tourism with medical travel?
* In your response, you may want to consider Chambers’ definition
of the term tourism, presented in the introduction of his book
Native Tours. See also my post “Addition to Week 2: Travel and
Tourism” in the forum of week 3.
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