| Therapeutic landscapes and postcolonial theory: A theoretical approach to medical tourism. | |
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PMID: 22305946 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This paper draws on two conceptual frameworks, therapeutic landscapes and postcolonial theory, to discuss aspects of medical tourism not addressed in extant literature. Building on the intersection between postcolonial and therapeutic landscapes scholarship, it highlights inequalities related to the production of national therapeutic landscapes located in postcolonial regions as well as their discursive (re)positioning as medical tourism destinations. As a framework, therapeutic landscapes can facilitate an understanding of medical tourism sites as curative spaces which combine modern and alternative forms of medicine with travel and leisure. Postcolonial theory critiques the economic, moral and cultural tensions emerging from the intersection between corporations that provide cheaper and more attractive medical services, and the nations on the periphery struggling to offer high medical standards that may not be accessible to their own local populations. In an effort to enhance scholarship on medical tourism, these conceptual frameworks are offered as points of departure, rather than sites of arrival, through which critical dialog on medical tourism can be sustained and broadened. |
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Christine N Buzinde; Careen Yarnal |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-18 |
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Title: Social science & medicine (1982) Volume: - ISSN: 1873-5347 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-2-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303205 Medline TA: Soc Sci Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, College of Health and Human Development, 801 A Ford Building, State College, PA 16802, USA. |
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