AMA Weighs in on Medical Tourism

Humor, It's Personal, Medical Tourism

The American Medical Association has released guidelines for medical travel and tourism. This is pretty big news, in the part of the world that concerns itself with the globalization of medical care and services.

I’ve already blogged about this at The Bridge, where I have the nine principles as stated by the AMA.

The principles had not appeared on the AMA site with the initial media release, but I got them direct from the AMA after a phone call. For the moment, The Bridge is the only place you can find them.

I didn’t say this “over there” since it’s not a place where I allow myself to pat myself on the back … but every time medical travel and tourism gets recognized for what it is, an important and global phenomenon, I feel proud to have been on top of it years ago, and to have written Beauty from Afar.

jss @ June 17, 2008