Health, wellness and medical tourism - a conceptual approach

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 circumstancies that leads people to achieve and pursue a better quality of...

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Autores: Quintela, Joana A., Costa, Carlos, Correia, Anabela
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Health and Wellness
Tourism
Literature review
Conceptual definition
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spelling Health, wellness and medical tourism - a conceptual approachQuintela, Joana A.Costa, CarlosCorreia, AnabelaHealth 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 circumstancies 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.Hoy en día, la salud, el bienestar y el turismo medico están considerados como uno de los sectores más desarrollados y con más crecimiento de la prospera industria turística de hoy día, que ha incrementado su actividad en todo el mundo debido a una gran cantidad de circunstancias sociales y económicas que han llevado a la gente a lograr y perseguir una mejor calidad de vida. Sin embargo, este tipo de turismo se enfrenta a una multitud de desafíos, siendo uno de ellos es la discrepancia de sus diferentes enfoques conceptuales y definiciones. Una revisión de la información sobre este tema con carácter descriptivo, comparativo y exploratorio fue llevada a cabo, construyendo un marco teórico en este campo de estudio. Se eligieron unidades de significado para la definición de las categorías de concepto, lo que permitió reflejar y sintetizar los diferentes enfoques sobre el tema. Este análisis trajo otras perspectivas de identificación y descripción de distintos temas, incluyendo algunos temas relacionados con la salud, el bienestar, el turismo médico y la calidad de vida. Así pues, el principal objetivo de este documento es resumir y clarificar este complejo y arrollador concepto que asume un papel prominente en el contexto global del turismo y resulta en una visión concisa de la información producida sobre este tema hacia una pequeña contribución para un mejor entendimiento del concepto.Universidad de Huelva20162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/12442reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/124422026-06-02T14:58:11Z
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title Health, wellness and medical tourism - a conceptual approach
spellingShingle Health, wellness and medical tourism - a conceptual approach
Quintela, Joana A.
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
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Costa, Carlos
Correia, Anabela
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Costa, Carlos
Correia, Anabela
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Correia, Anabela
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dc.subject.none.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 circumstancies 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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