1st Edition

Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia

By Meghann Ormond Copyright 2013
164 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon. With many of the countries currently being promoted as IMT destinations located in the ‘developing’ world, IMT poses a significant challenge to popular assumptions about who provides and receives care since it inverses and diversifies presumed directionalities of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Shifting subjects and territories of health care 3. Attaining ‘world-class’ recognition 4. Extending ‘Muslim-friendly’ care expertise 5. Identifying regional ‘complementarities’ 6. Conclusion

Biography

Meghann Ormond is Assistant Professor in the Cultural Geography Department at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. She is a human geographer focusing on questions of transnational mobility, health and care in her research.

"What this insightful, challenging and beautifully written book demonstrates, then, is that the destinations, routes and points of departure of MT are formed by specific geographies, historical relationships and power struggles[…]This book is not only about Malaysia. In many ways it provides a model for analysing and evaluating MT in any destination. It makes a significant contribution to debates on MT and will no doubt prove its influence as this important field develops."Ruth Holliday, University of Leeds, Australian Geographer, 2014