Journal article
Motivation, justification, normalization: Talk strategies used by Canadian medical tourists regarding their choices to go abroad for hip and knee surgeries
Abstract
Contributing to health geography scholarship on the topic, the objective of this paper is to reveal Canadian medical tourists' perspectives regarding their choices to seek knee replacement or hip replacement or resurfacing (KRHRR) at medical tourism facilities abroad rather than domestically. We address this objective by examining the 'talk strategies' used by these patients in discussing their choices and the ways in which such talk is …
Authors
Cameron K; Crooks VA; Chouinard V; Snyder J; Johnston R; Casey V
Journal
Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 106, , pp. 93–100
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2014
DOI
10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.047
ISSN
0277-9536