Medical Tourism in the Caribbean Islands: A Cure for Economies in Crisis?
Small island states have increasingly sought new means of economic diversification. Several Caribbean states have begun to develop medical tourism, partly building on existing tourist-oriented economies. Medical tourism has boomed in this century in several states in Asia and in Central America. Th...
Main Author: | John Connell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Island Studies Journal
2013-05-01
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Series: | Island Studies Journal |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.280 |
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