SFU Medical Tourism
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2010 Conference Archive
International Conference on Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism
Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and Department of Geography hosted the International Conference on Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism on June 24th and 25th, 2010. The purposes of this conference were to help raise scholarly and public awareness of and promote new research on ethical issues in medical tourism, and to develop new partnerships among researchers interested in the ethics of medical tourism.
This website archives select presentations from the conference, with the permission of presentation authors. If you would like to be informed about dissemination of articles or research opportunities stemming from this conference, contact us at: medtour@sfu.ca
Program:
- Conference Program at a Glance [PDF - 100kb]
Session Schedule:
- Session Schedule at a Glance [PDF - 150kb]
Presentations:
- Challenges to the Movement Against the Illegal, International Market in Organs for Transplantation [PDF - 824kb]
- Seeking Surgery Outside Canada [PDF - 136]
- Medical Tourism in India –Private profit, public pain [PDF - 212kb]
- Transnational Medical Travel: Ethical Issues, Patient Care & Public Health Concerns [PDF - 3.5MB]
- Assisted Suicide Tourism: Wish Fulfillment? [PDF - 874KB]
Media Coverage:
Audio
- Jeremy Snyder and Valorie Crooks on CBC's The Early Edition - June 21, 2010 (1 min, 26 sec) [MP3 - 3.3MB]
- Valorie Crooks on CBC's The Early Edition - June 25, 2010 (7min 58 sec) [MP3 - 18.3MB]
- Leigh Turner on CBC's On The Coast - June 23, 2010 (6 min, 26 sec) [MP3 - 14.7MB]
- Jeremy Snyder on CFAX 1070 - The Dave Dickson Show [MP3 - 17.6MB]
- Valorie Crooks on CFAX 1070 - The Dave Dickson Show [MP3 - 15.9MB]
Web
- Medical tourism booms in India, but at what cost? - Priya Shetty - www.thelancet.com