[WATCH]: Medical Tourism: Social and Ethical Concerns,

Natalie Achamallah, Jessica Nishiguchi, Shahriar Reza Rajaee, Maya Srinivasan and Dr. Julia Borovay University of Southern California Medical tourism, the practice of traveling across international borders for health care, is a rapidly rising phenomenon with serious ethical and economic ramifications for developing nations. Currently, medical tourism is an important industry in developing countries such as India, Malaysia, and Thailand, which provide first-rate medical care, including surgery, cosmetic procedures, and reproductive services, at third-world prices. While medical tourism is an attractive alternative for cost-concerned patients willing to travel, it is clear that the

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