Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach

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Autor(a) principal: Quintela, Joana
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Costa, Carlos, Correia, Anabela G.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744
Resumo: Nowadays, health, wellness and medical tourism are recognized as one of the most developed and growing sector of today’s thriving tourism industry that has increased its activity worldwide, due to a lot of social and economic circumstances that leads people to achieve and pursue a better quality of life. However, these kind of tourism face a multitude of challenges and one of that challenges is the discrepance on its different conceptual approaches and definitions. A literature review on this topic with a descriptive, comparative and exploratory nature was conducted, building a theoretical framework on this field of study. Units of meaning for the definition of the concept categories were elected, which allowed to reflect and sintetize the different approaches to the topic. This analysis brought other perspectives of identification and description of distinct themes, including a few issues about health, wellness, medical tourism, wellbeing and quality of life. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to summarize and clarify this complex and sweeping concept that assumes in a prominent role in the global context of tourism and results in a concise overview of the literature produced on the subject towards a small contribution to a better understanding of the concept.
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spelling Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approachHealth and wellnessTourismLiterature reviewConceptual definitionNowadays, health, wellness and medical tourism are recognized as one of the most developed and growing sector of today’s thriving tourism industry that has increased its activity worldwide, due to a lot of social and economic circumstances that leads people to achieve and pursue a better quality of life. However, these kind of tourism face a multitude of challenges and one of that challenges is the discrepance on its different conceptual approaches and definitions. A literature review on this topic with a descriptive, comparative and exploratory nature was conducted, building a theoretical framework on this field of study. Units of meaning for the definition of the concept categories were elected, which allowed to reflect and sintetize the different approaches to the topic. This analysis brought other perspectives of identification and description of distinct themes, including a few issues about health, wellness, medical tourism, wellbeing and quality of life. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to summarize and clarify this complex and sweeping concept that assumes in a prominent role in the global context of tourism and results in a concise overview of the literature produced on the subject towards a small contribution to a better understanding of the concept.2019-07-01T14:31:55Z2019-07-012016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfQuintela, J. A., Costa, C., & Correia, A. G. (2016). Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach. Enlightening Tourism. Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal, 6(1), 1-18. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744Quintela, J. A., Costa, C., & Correia, A. G. (2016). Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach. Enlightening Tourism. Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal, 6(1), 1-18. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744eng2174-548Xhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessQuintela, JoanaCosta, CarlosCorreia, Anabela G.reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-16T02:14:17Zoai:repositorio.upt.pt:11328/2744Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:41:53.069120Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
spellingShingle Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
Quintela, Joana
Health and wellness
Tourism
Literature review
Conceptual definition
title_short Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
title_full Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
title_fullStr Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
title_full_unstemmed Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
title_sort Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach
author Quintela, Joana
author_facet Quintela, Joana
Costa, Carlos
Correia, Anabela G.
author_role author
author2 Costa, Carlos
Correia, Anabela G.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Quintela, Joana
Costa, Carlos
Correia, Anabela G.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Health and wellness
Tourism
Literature review
Conceptual definition
topic Health and wellness
Tourism
Literature review
Conceptual definition
description Nowadays, health, wellness and medical tourism are recognized as one of the most developed and growing sector of today’s thriving tourism industry that has increased its activity worldwide, due to a lot of social and economic circumstances that leads people to achieve and pursue a better quality of life. However, these kind of tourism face a multitude of challenges and one of that challenges is the discrepance on its different conceptual approaches and definitions. A literature review on this topic with a descriptive, comparative and exploratory nature was conducted, building a theoretical framework on this field of study. Units of meaning for the definition of the concept categories were elected, which allowed to reflect and sintetize the different approaches to the topic. This analysis brought other perspectives of identification and description of distinct themes, including a few issues about health, wellness, medical tourism, wellbeing and quality of life. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to summarize and clarify this complex and sweeping concept that assumes in a prominent role in the global context of tourism and results in a concise overview of the literature produced on the subject towards a small contribution to a better understanding of the concept.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744
Quintela, J. A., Costa, C., & Correia, A. G. (2016). Health, wellness and medical tourism: A conceptual approach. Enlightening Tourism. Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal, 6(1), 1-18. Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/2744
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