Changing ethics in medical practice: a Thai perspective

Indian J Med Ethics. 2007 Jan-Mar;4(1):24-5. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2007.008.

Abstract

The pace of social change in Thailand has seen the rise of various medical services and a global clientele. Currently, medical tourism and cosmetic surgery have an important role in medical practice here. A growing medical market offers a range of services at competitive rates and high levels of efficiency. This essay provides an overview of medical practices in Thailand and their effect on ordinary people.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel / ethnology
  • Attitude to Health / ethnology
  • Buddhism
  • Economic Competition
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Global Health
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Marketing of Health Services / ethics
  • Marketing of Health Services / organization & administration
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / trends
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Philosophy, Medical*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / ethics
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'* / organization & administration
  • Social Change*
  • Social Values
  • Surgery, Plastic* / ethics
  • Surgery, Plastic* / organization & administration
  • Thailand
  • Travel / ethics
  • Travel / trends
  • Western World