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| Title |
Knowledge brokers, companions, and navigators: a qualitative examination of informal caregivers’ roles in medical tourism
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-9276-12-94 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Victoria Casey, Valorie A Crooks, Jeremy Snyder, Leigh Turner |
| Abstract |
Many studies examining the phenomena of medical tourism have identified health equity issues associated with this global health services practice. However, there is a notable lack of attention in this existing research to the informal care provided by the friends and family members who typically accompany medical tourists abroad. To date, researchers have not examined the care roles filled by informal caregivers travelling with medical tourists. In this article, we fill this gap by examining these informal caregivers and the roles they take on towards supporting medical tourists' health and wellbeing. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Mexico | 1 | 20% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 96 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 13% |
| Researcher | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 18 | 19% |
| Unknown | 19 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 18 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 13% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 9 | 9% |
| Psychology | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 June 2018.
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#2,224,849
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#375
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#27,116
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#4
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,891 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its peers.
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