Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law and Ethics
Presenting as part of the 2012-2013 Radcliffe Fellows Series, Petrie-Flom Faculty co-Director I. Glenn Cohen discussed the growing phenomenon of medical tourism, the practice of citizens of one country traveling to seek medical care in another country. His lecture discussed the emerging legal and ethical issues brought up by the many varieties of medical tourism—for services that are legal in the destination and home country, for services that are illegal in the home country but legal in the destination country, and for services that are illegal in both places.
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bioethics health law policy i. glenn cohen international medical safety medical tourism