Care Work and Medical Travel

Download or read book Care Work and Medical Travel written by Cecilia Vindrola-Padros and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the interconnection between care work, travel, and healthcare, emphasizing the emotional dimensions of seeking care away from home. It brings together contributions from disciplines such as anthropology, nursing, primary care, sociology and geography and covers experiences of medical travel and other forms of remote care in the United States, Laos, India, Italy, France, Finland, Switzerland, and Russia.