\ edited by, Frederick J. DeMicco, PhD, RD ; foreword by Shirley Weis, former Chief Administrative Officer, The Mayo Clinic
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;New Jersey
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: Apple Academic Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2017
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xi, 440 p.
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:ill.
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;25 cm
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Introduction to the phenomenon of "medical tourism" / Dan Cormany -- Using the system model to describe the workings of the Mayo Clinic for medical tourism / Frederick J. DeMicco and Dongqiong Patty Luo -- An overview of the Affordable care act and the importance of bringing hotel/hospitality quality services to healthcare / Barbara Otto-Bedard and Frederick J. DeMicco -- A Disney approach to medical tourism and wellness / Frederick J. DeMicco -- Improving the health care : the patient/guest experience academy / Frederick J. DeMicco and Ali Poorani -- Bringing hotel hospitality service skills to healthcare : the guest service gold training program from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association / Frederick J. DeMicco -- Health communication : insights for quality hospitality bridging healthcare (H2H) delivery in medical tourism / Alicia M. Mason and Elizabeth Spencer -- The medical spa in healthcare : exploring the role of the registered dietitian / Allison Mast and Frederick J. DeMicco -- Domestic medical tourism : a neglected dimension of medical tourism research / Simon Hudson and Xiang (Robert) Li -- Evaluating the performance of the hotels in the vicinity of the selected world's prominent hospitals : an empirical research project / Erfan Rezvani and Frederick J. DeMicco -- Future trends in medical tourism and wellness : Club Med or Club Medic? / Frederick J. DeMicco, Erfan Rezvani, and Jingyan Wang -- A cottage industry emerging in medical tourism : medical cannabis tourism / Scott Giannotti -- New innovations in medical tourism and wellness in Europe : Switzerland / Frederick J. DeMicco -- Best "experience" practices in medical tourism / Mengyu Li (Molly) and Frederick J. DeMicco -- Medical tourism and information technology / Frederick J. DeMicco and Mike Teng -- Case study: medical tourism-recovery, rainforests, and restructuring : opportunities for hotels bridging healthcare (H2H) / Frederick J. DeMicco -- Case study: providing the comforts of home for patients and families of Geisinger Medical Center / Plato Ghinos -- The branding of medical tourism in China : a snapshot using a strategic model analysis / Ali Poorani and Nan Jiang -- Medical tourism today and in the future for China / Nan Jiang and Ali Poorani -- Trends in medical tourism in South Korea / Jiseon Ahn, Ki-Joon Back, and Jungkun Park.