Medical Transnationalism Korean Immigrants'' Medical Tourism to South Korea

Informationen zum Autor Sou Hyun Jang is research associate at the Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College. Klappentext This comprehensive book, with the analysis of a large-scale survey and in-depth personal interviews through the lens of social theory, covers different aspects of Korean immigrants’ barriers to formal US healthcare and their distinctive healthcare behaviors to cope with these barriers. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive book, with the analysis of a large-scale survey and in-depth personal interviews through the lens of social theory, covers different aspects of Korean immigrants’ barriers to formal US healthcare and their distinctive healthcare behaviors to cope with these barriers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Literature Review and Background Information 2. The Development of Medical Tourism in Korea and the Related Issues 3. Korean Immigrants' Healthcare Behaviors in the US 4. Factors Contributing to Korean Immigrants' Medical Tourism 5. Korean Immigrants' Medical Tourism Experience and Evaluation Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Sou Hyun Jang
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2018
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General
• EAN: 9781498563321
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6332-1
• Pages: 150
• Series: Korean Communities across the World; Korean Communities Across the; Korean Communities across the World
• Subjects: USA, Ethnic Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Healthcare, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Health, Transnationalism, Migration, immigration & emigration, South Korea, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Health systems & services, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Asian American people, Health systems and services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, immigrant health, Medical Tourism, Korean immigrants, Co-ethnic Doctors, New York Korean Community, New Jersey Korean Community, Hanbang, New York-New Jersey Korean Community, Immigrant Transnationalism, Medical Transnationalism, Healthcare Behaviors, Korean Healthcare, Barriers to Healthcare Utilization, U.S. Healthcare