The term 'therapeutic landscapes' was first coined by health geographer, Wilbert Gesler, in
1992 to explore why certain environments seem to contribute to a healing sense of place …

Purpose Wellness tourism is complex due to the varied expectations and perceptions of
tourists. This study attempts to explore components that shape tourist expectations of health …

Tourism is one of the biggest competitive industries in the world. Nowadays, medical tourism
is quickly develo** as a part of tourism for health and wellness care. There are many …

An overview is given of the short history and rapid rise of medical tourism, its documentation,
and current knowledge and analysis of the industry. Definitions of medical tourism are …

Therapeutic landscapes encapsulate healing and recovery notions in natural and built
environmental settings. Tourists' perceptions determine their decision making of health and …

The purpose of the present study was to determine factors impeding the development of
medical tourism in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The data were derived from interviews …

The purpose of this study was to identify the key success factors of medical tourism using the
case of South Korea. Medical tourism refers to the phenomenon of travelling across national …

Transnational Reproduction traces the relationships among Western aspiring parents,
Indian surrogates, and egg donors from around the world. In the early 2010s India was one …

While scholars increasingly acknowledge that most contemporary international medical
travel comprises South–South flows, these have gone curiously unexamined. Rather, policy …

In this book, we draw from in-depth ethnographic research conducted in Malaysia and
Panama, and build theoretically on our conceptual works to date, to illustrate how lifestyle …