Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists

Medical tourism is a growing trend in health care as families seek more affordable options in medical care and treatment for their children. Children who require care outside their home country present special challenges, dilemmas and issues for nurses who must provide that care. Culture, language...

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Main Authors: Ben-Sefer, E., Balik, C., Friedman, O., Shields, Linda
Format: Journal Article
Published: Cambridge Publishing 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36567
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author Ben-Sefer, E.
Balik, C.
Friedman, O.
Shields, Linda
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description Medical tourism is a growing trend in health care as families seek more affordable options in medical care and treatment for their children. Children who require care outside their home country present special challenges, dilemmas and issues for nurses who must provide that care. Culture, language and social support must all be considered in a family-centred care approach. This paper explores the emergence of medical tourism as a health care phenomenon, and explores the essential skills of an experienced paediatric medical tourism nurse in Isreal.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-365672017-01-30T13:56:29Z Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists Ben-Sefer, E. Balik, C. Friedman, O. Shields, Linda family medical tourism family-centred care culture Medical tourism is a growing trend in health care as families seek more affordable options in medical care and treatment for their children. Children who require care outside their home country present special challenges, dilemmas and issues for nurses who must provide that care. Culture, language and social support must all be considered in a family-centred care approach. This paper explores the emergence of medical tourism as a health care phenomenon, and explores the essential skills of an experienced paediatric medical tourism nurse in Isreal. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36567 Cambridge Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle family
medical tourism
family-centred care
culture
Ben-Sefer, E.
Balik, C.
Friedman, O.
Shields, Linda
Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
title Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
title_full Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
title_fullStr Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
title_full_unstemmed Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
title_short Don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
title_sort don't get lost in translation: nursing children as medical tourists
topic family
medical tourism
family-centred care
culture
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36567