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| Title |
Risk communication and informed consent in the medical tourism industry: A thematic content analysis of canadian broker websites
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-12-17 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kali Penney, Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A Crooks, Rory Johnston |
| Abstract |
Medical tourism, thought of as patients seeking non-emergency medical care outside of their home countries, is a growing industry worldwide. Canadians are amongst those engaging in medical tourism, and many are helped in the process of accessing care abroad by medical tourism brokers - agents who specialize in making international medical care arrangements for patients. As a key source of information for these patients, brokers are likely to play an important role in communicating the risks and benefits of undergoing surgery or other procedures abroad to their clientele. This raises important ethical concerns regarding processes such as informed consent and the liability of brokers in the event that complications arise from procedures. The purpose of this article is to examine the language, information, and online marketing of Canadian medical tourism brokers' websites in light of such ethical concerns. |
Twitter Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 189 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 182 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 16% |
| Researcher | 26 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 36 | 19% |
| Unknown | 37 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 37 | 20% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 30 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 13% |
| Psychology | 6 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 40 | 21% |
| Unknown | 46 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. 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 15 November 2011.
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#14,139,782
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#745
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