Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

Plastic Surgery is Not Peanuts ● 39scalpel of a Philippine surgeon has little use for racist emotions. Indeed, thevery concepts of servility are reversed when a Western patient is in need ofcare and an Eastern doctor can provide that care.In conclusion, we argue that instead of fostering dependency, medicaltourism empowers countries because it promotes the accumulation ofhuman and physical capital, and provides the potential for sustained economicgrowth. In the context of a globalized world with interconnectedmarkets and countries, medical tourism has another effect. Rather thanfostering dependency on more developed countries (and so contributing toa growing gap between rich and poor countries), medical tourism is likelyto contribute to increasing the gap within developing countries.