This seminar paper concentrates on the topic of medical tourism. What is medical tourism? Since when does it exist? What kinds of medical tourism are the most famous ones? What kind of impact does it have on the quality of medical treatments or a state’s economy? Those questions will be answered in this seminar paper. In the first part, I will concentrate on the definition on medical tourism. Later, I will focus on different kinds of medical tourism regarding to the definition, for example surrogate parenthood, plastic surgery, and abortion. Afterwards, I will name negative and positive impacts of medical tourism in a short summary.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Definition of medical tourism
3. Different kinds of medical tourism
a. Surrogate Parenthood
b. Plastic surgery
c. Abortion
4. Risks of medical tourism
5. Conclusion
6. Literature