Legal Features and Aspects of Medical Tourism

Abstract

Background and Aim : The high cost of care and long waiting time of the patients caused creation of the motivation that patients, especially from the developed countries, receive these services in other countries. On the other hand, also in developing countries, factors such as globalization and liberalization of trade in services, led the way for the rapid growth of tourism. However, these industry is facing a number of challenges, among the most important, can be noted. Since little research has been done in this regard, the aim of this study is to evaluate the related to tourism. Materials and Methods : This study is a review article on the issues of tourism. In order to collect information on the issues of databases, SID and PubMed, Google Scholar were examined using the key words medical tourism, health and legal aspects and about 47 related articles were found, after studying the titles and abstracts of the articles found, 23 subjects which were associated with the research topic, were studied. Then the results obtained were analyzed. Ethical Considerations : Honesty and integrity were taken into consideration in searching, analyzing, and reporting the texts. Findings : According to the results of the study, tourism industry is growing, but there are challenges related to the of tourism include the areas of access to services, errors, insurances, licensing and regulatory approvals of centers, operations and technologies. Conclusion : Medical Tourism challenges should be taken into consideration by policy makers and trustee institutions in this industry, as according to globalization of these challenges, trying to eliminate them is necessary, which by turning threats into opportunities, facilitates the attraction process of foreign patients. Citation: Abualhasani N. Legal Features and Aspects of Medical Tourism. Bioeth Health Law J . 2017; 1(1):35-39.