CAS SO 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Plastic Surgery, Joint Commission, Neoliberalism
18 Apr 2016
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03/02/2016 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Kathoey health in thailand in the era of medical tourism. Thailand is a major destination for medical tourism: industry earned over us billion in 2010, specializes in sex/gender reassignment surgeries for transgender women. As health care becomes globalized and commodified, how does: Medical tourism is global assemblage : involves technologies, infrastructures, institutions, brokers , discourses, etc. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1, understand historical context. Thailand is mecca for srs/grs: 20 surgeons, 6 major hospitals/clinics. Cost saving: for medical expenses, hotel, massages, and city tour. Kathoey: they request to have the surgery; the market was created by them. Does medical tourism exacerbate or create health inequalities for (cid:1) (cid:1) Lack of culturally-competent health care in public sector: one public transgender health clinic in bangkok, government hospitals do not subsidize treatment. Regulations on srs/grs by thailand medical council (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
