August 3, 2022
(Axios) – In the month after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the country’s largest abortion hotline reported a 5,100% increase in plane or bus trips and a more than 1,400% rise in hotel room bookings from patients traveling out-of-state for … Read More
December 2, 2021
Medico-Legal Journal (vol. 89, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicines and Murder” by Robin Ferner “Is it Discriminatory to Require Hospital Staff to be clean Shaven to Facilitate the Effective Wearing of Personal Protective … Read More
September 29, 2021
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 30, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Decisionmaking and Leadership in Crises and Beyond” by Tuija Takala and Matti Hayry “Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the … Read More
September 6, 2021
(The Korean Herald) – The number of foreign patients at medical institutions in South Korea plummeted more than 75 percent last year as the COVID-19 pandemic restricted international travel and lowered demand for medical tourism. (Read Full Article)
June 14, 2021
Clinical Ethics (vol. 15, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “All Things Considered: Surrogate Decision-Making on Behalf of Patients in the Minimally Conscious State” by L Syd M Johnson and Kathy L Cerminara “Conscientious Objection … Read More
February 9, 2021
(The Guardian) – In the past three years, three British women – Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, Leah Cambridge and Melissa Kerr – have died as a result of complications arising from BBLs in Turkey, the most popular destination for UK patients … Read More
June 24, 2020
(New York Times) – Over the past several years, hospitals began to play innkeeper to open the door to more elective surgery, which is the lifeblood of their revenue. They developed hotels near their operating rooms where patients, who often … Read More
April 10, 2020
(Newsweek) – Tens of thousands of people in the U.S. who had planned trips abroad to access affordable medical and dental care in March are likely to have been forced to cancel their plans due to the coronavirus outbreak, according … Read More
January 14, 2020
(The Guardian) – British families are sending elderly relatives with dementia overseas to Thailand in a small but growing trend. Researchers visiting private care homes in Chiang Mai have found eight homes where guests from the UK are living thousands … Read More
December 9, 2019
(Reuters) – North Korea, one of the world’s most reclusive states, plans to branch out into medical tourism next year, offering foreign visitors, most likely from China, treatments including cataract surgery, dental implants and therapy for tumors. The ruling party’s … Read More
