Medical Tourism and Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781793644176)

In Medical Tourism and Inequity in India, Kristen Smith explores Indian private hospitals and their role in the global healthcare service supply chain within various religious, social, cultural, historical, and economic contexts. Drawing on critical medical anthropology theories as well as health and human rights perspectives, Smith problematizes the assumed independence between the medical tourism industry, the commodification of the Indian healthcare system, and the local populations facing critical health issues, while highlighting the rapid transformation of healthcare services into merely another global commodity. For more information, check out A Conversation with Kristen Smith, author of Medical Tourism and Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare

Author: Kristen Smith
ISBN-10: 1793644179
ISBN-13: 9781793644176
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2022
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d