"Medical Tourism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Travel to another country for the purpose of medical treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D057193
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.571.710 N05.300.515
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Tourism" by people in Profiles.
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Factors Related to International Travel for Transplantation Among U.S.-Listed Kidney Transplant Candidates. Nephrol Nurs J. 2019 Jul-Aug; 46(4):397-431.
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A pilot programme of organ donation after cardiac death in China. Lancet. 2012 Mar 03; 379(9818):862-5.
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Transplantation and the primary care physician. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2011 Nov; 18(6):433-8.
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The transplant surgeon and transplant tourists: ethical and surgical issues. Am J Bioeth. 2010 Feb; 10(2):12-3.