Author: | Reddy, S.G. York, V.K. Brannon, L.A. |
Title: | Travel for treatment: students' perspective on medical tourism |
Journal: | International Journal of Tourism Research
2010 : SEP/OCT, VOL.12:5, p. 510-522 |
Index terms: | tourism travel health service undergraduates students universities USA |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Medical tourism means travelling abroad for health care. The theory of planned behaviour is used to examine the medical tourism beliefs of over 330 undergraduate basic psychology course students at a large midwestern American university. Students didn't have positive intentions for plain willingness for seeking more information about travelling to a developing country. An educational intervention is needed to help promote travel for medical treatment, incl. educating people on the availability of quality health care, highly trained competent doctors etc. |
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