%0 Journal Article %T Medical Travel: The Ethical and Legal Challenges %J International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health %I International Travel Medicine Center of Iran %Z 2322-1100 %A Izadi, Morteza %A Ayoubian, Ali %A Saadat, Seyed Hasan %A Khodayari Zarnaq, Rahim %A Abbasi, Sepehr %A Moein, Neda %A Hekmat, Mostafa %D 2013 %\ 06/01/2013 %V 1 %N 1 %P 25-30 %! Medical Travel: The Ethical and Legal Challenges %K Medical Travel %K Medical tourism %K legal challenges %K Ethical Issues %R %X Medical tourism is a term referring to the people traveling to other countries to obtain medical care. Like any other rapid growing indus­try, medical tourism has prompted ethical and legal issues. These issues are mainly pertained to malpractice and consumer protection. Beside these, risk management, foreign hospital liabilities, international ad­vocacy, facility ownership, intellectual property, organ trafficking and ethical issues are other matters that should be addressed. Travel medi­cine also contains alternative medicine and telemedicine. Therefore, comprehensive and detailed legal regulations should be performed to govern mentioned issues. Otherwise, in future this industry will face serious challenges. %U https://www.ijtmgh.com/article_111515_79ee0922fa5bede800b89350be502736.pdf