The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to confirm that there is a great need for international Islamic accreditation body as a response of the growing number of the Islamic-friendly hospitals and Islamic practices among medical tourism providers across the globe, with a specific focus on the Malaysia...
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| author | Kamassi, Ahmed Abdul Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura |
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| description | Purpose: The purpose of this study is to confirm that there is a great need for international Islamic accreditation body as a response of the growing number of the Islamic-friendly hospitals and Islamic practices among medical tourism providers across the globe, with a specific focus on the Malaysian industry. Design/methodology/approach: This paper systematically reviews the content of medical tourism studies and international accreditation organizations for health-care providers from literature to meet its objective. Findings: The establishment of international Islamic accreditation body becomes necessary nowadays as the response of the growing of Islamic medical tourism market. Creating standards based on Islamic laws and ethics may assess medical tourism providers when dealing with Muslim medical tourists. Furthermore, the most important benefit of Islamic accreditation is the development of uniform standards for Islamic medical tourism practices that combines health care and tourism services together. Practical implications: An international Islamic accreditation body should be developed to assist practitioners and policymakers to use standards to select policies to improve Islamic medical tourism practices, which in turn may facilitate the identification of effective services that can meet Muslim medical tourists’ needs and expectations. Originality/value: This study is the first that suggests the need to establish an international Islamic accreditation organization that assesses hospitals to offer Islamic medical tourism practices for Muslim medical tourists. It may contribute and add value to the body of Islamic medical tourism. |
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| spelling | iium-828682020-09-11T08:16:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/82868/ The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience Kamassi, Ahmed Abdul Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura BP173.75 Islam and economics BPH Islamic Economics Purpose: The purpose of this study is to confirm that there is a great need for international Islamic accreditation body as a response of the growing number of the Islamic-friendly hospitals and Islamic practices among medical tourism providers across the globe, with a specific focus on the Malaysian industry. Design/methodology/approach: This paper systematically reviews the content of medical tourism studies and international accreditation organizations for health-care providers from literature to meet its objective. Findings: The establishment of international Islamic accreditation body becomes necessary nowadays as the response of the growing of Islamic medical tourism market. Creating standards based on Islamic laws and ethics may assess medical tourism providers when dealing with Muslim medical tourists. Furthermore, the most important benefit of Islamic accreditation is the development of uniform standards for Islamic medical tourism practices that combines health care and tourism services together. Practical implications: An international Islamic accreditation body should be developed to assist practitioners and policymakers to use standards to select policies to improve Islamic medical tourism practices, which in turn may facilitate the identification of effective services that can meet Muslim medical tourists’ needs and expectations. Originality/value: This study is the first that suggests the need to establish an international Islamic accreditation organization that assesses hospitals to offer Islamic medical tourism practices for Muslim medical tourists. It may contribute and add value to the body of Islamic medical tourism. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2020-01-24 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82868/1/82868_The%20need%20of%20international%20Islamic_ft.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/82868/2/82868_The%20need%20of%20international%20Islamic_scopus.pdf Kamassi, Ahmed and Abdul Manaf, Noor Hazilah and Omar, Azura (2020) The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience. Journal of Islamic Marketing. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1759-0833 E-ISSN 1759-0841 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JIMA-03-2019-0051/full/html 10.1108/JIMA-03-2019-0051 |
| spellingShingle | BP173.75 Islam and economics BPH Islamic Economics Kamassi, Ahmed Abdul Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience |
| title | The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience |
| title_full | The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience |
| title_fullStr | The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience |
| title_short | The need of international Islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a Malaysian experience |
| title_sort | need of international islamic standards for medical tourism providers: a malaysian experience |
| topic | BP173.75 Islam and economics BPH Islamic Economics |
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