TY - JOUR ID - 111515 TI - Medical Travel: The Ethical and Legal Challenges JO - International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health JA - IJTMGH LA - en SN - 2322-1100 AU - Izadi, Morteza AU - Ayoubian, Ali AU - Saadat, Seyed Hasan AU - Khodayari Zarnaq, Rahim AU - Abbasi, Sepehr AU - Moein, Neda AU - Hekmat, Mostafa AD - Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 25 EP - 30 KW - Medical Travel KW - Medical tourism KW - legal challenges KW - Ethical Issues DO - N2 - 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. UR - https://www.ijtmgh.com/article_111515.html L1 - https://www.ijtmgh.com/article_111515_79ee0922fa5bede800b89350be502736.pdf ER -