Patients Have a Right to Safe Surgery

Foss, Catherine B.

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“…1 There are also publications by surgeons concerned with increased malpractice cases after overseas treatment (Barrowman et al, 2010; Birch et al, 2010). Guidelines for medical travellers are issued by medical associations (Foss, 2012). Simultaneously, an enterprising professionalism may carry negative implications for the legitimacy of medics’ social and financial rewards.…”

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The Internationalisation of Healthcare and Business Aspirations of Medical Professionals

Skountridaki

2014

Sociology

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Interest in international patient travel and trade in healthcare has grown considerably over the past decade. Whilst the field is under-researched, patients’ motivation to travel to seek healthcare solutions has attracted significant attention. In contrast, the perspective of the medical doctors (MDs) remains unexplored. This article directs attention to medical professionals as key players in the internationalisation of private healthcare provision. Through the lens of the sociology of the professions, it examines the ongoing initiatives of MDs in Greece to attract patients from abroad. Findings indicate that international patient movement has given an incentive to MDs to exhibit an entrepreneurial approach. Their attitudes portray professionals with business aspirations which go well beyond their role as medics, and stand in contrast to the traditional image of medical professionals. In addition, it fosters competition among professionals at a domestic and international level, threatening the cohesion of the medical community.

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The Internationalisation of Healthcare and Business Aspirations of Medical Professionals

Skountridaki

2014

Sociology

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“…Its etiology remains unknown, even though several causes have been proposed, including vitamin deficiencies, stress, androgenic hormone influences, and chronic infections by the Demodex folliculorum mite [7]. Convincing evidence for a causal relationship between malignancy and rhinophyma is currently lacking [8]; nevertheless, some cases of BCC are reported in the literature discovered at the time of a rhinophyma excision [9]. Thus, the question of whether rhinophyma may be considered as a premalignant lesion still remains unanswered.…”

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Basal Cell Carcinoma Masked in Rhinophyma

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Russo

Seta

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Case Reports in Otolaryngology

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Rhinophyma, the advanced stage of rosacea, is a lesion characterized by progressive hypertrophy and hyperplasia of sebaceous glandular tissue, connective tissue, and blood vessels. Rhinophyma can lead to a significant facial disfigurement and severe emotional distress, but it is not only an aesthetic problem, since rare cases of simultaneous presence of malignant tissue are described in the literature. The case of an 84-year-old farmer affected by basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and diagnosed in the context of rhinophyma is presented. The anatomical distortion produced by the chronic inflammation and fibrous scarring makes the BCC diagnosis difficult and uncertain. The histological examination of the entire mass and its margins is fundamental. A partial biopsy can lead to a false negative result, and the histological examination must be repeated intra- or postoperatively.

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Barriers to business relations between medical tourism facilitators and medical professionals

Skountridaki

2017

Tourism Management

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This paper examines facets of the developing business relations between two important actors in the supply-chain of transnational healthcare: medical tourism facilitators and medical doctors (MDs) practicing privately and internationalising their services. The empirical focus is Greece, an emerging destination for medical care. Drawing on the sociology of the professions as an analytical framework, rich qualitative data reveals a conflictual aspect in the relation between the two actors, and informs the literature on transnational healthcare of barriers to market development. Particularly, MDs practicing privately often resist what is perceived to be medical tourism facilitators' pressures to control the 'rules of the game' in the submarket which inhibits their collaboration. The paper contributes, thus, to the sociology of the professions by bringing to light a new challenge for MDs engaged in the transnational business arena, represented here by the facilitators; and encourages tourism practitioners to consider MDs' self-understanding, attitudes, and expectations

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Patients Have a Right to Safe Surgery

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The Internationalisation of Healthcare and Business Aspirations of Medical Professionals

The Internationalisation of Healthcare and Business Aspirations of Medical Professionals

Basal Cell Carcinoma Masked in Rhinophyma

Barriers to business relations between medical tourism facilitators and medical professionals

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