Email this article REGIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ETHICAL RISKS OF MEDICAL TOURISM (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE VOLGOGRAD REGION)
- Authors: Shchekin G.Y.1, Reimer M.V.1, Ivanov K.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Volgograd State Medical University
- Volgograd State Medical University,
- Issue: Vol 14, No 2 (2021)
- Pages: 39-42
- Section: Practical bioethics
- URL: https://bioethicsjournal.ru/2070-1586/article/view/88904
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.19163/2070-1586-2021-2(28)-39-42
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Abstract. The article examines medical tourism as a promising area of modern health care within the framework of the federal project "Development of the export of medical services", part of the national project "Health". The authors examine the possibilities of regional health care within the framework of the project "Development of medical services export in the Volgograd region". The data on the number and geography of visitors, financial revenues to the regional budget for the ensuring, paid medical services are presented. The risks of regional health care that hinder the development of medical tourism are described and the ways to avoid them are indicated. At the present stage of the development of Russian healthcare, the provision of medical tourism services is not legally formalized, so more attention should be paid to ethical regulation in this area.
About the authors
Gennady Y. Shchekin
Volgograd State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: Alfa-001@yandex.ru
Doctor of Science (Sociology), Professor of the department for phylosophy, bioethics with the course of sociology of medicine of the Volgograd State Medical University, Senior Researcher of the depart-ment of TIC, legal and sociological expertise in medicine, Volgograd medical research center, Volgograd
Russian FederationMaria V. Reimer
Volgograd State Medical University
Email: mashaliru@yandex.ru
Candidate of sciences in phylosophy, Senior Lecturer of the department for foreign languages with the course of Latin language of the Volgograd State Medical University
Konstantin V. Ivanov
Volgograd State Medical University,
Email: biosoc@yandex.ru
Senior Lecturer of the department for phylosophy, bioethics with the course of sociology of medicine of the Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia
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