6
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Framing medical tourism: an examination of appeal, risk, convalescence, accreditation, and interactivity in medical tourism web sites.

      Journal of Health Communication
      Accreditation, Advertising as Topic, Consumer Health Information, Convalescence, Humans, Internet, Medical Tourism, Risk Assessment, Trust, User-Computer Interface

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          This exploratory study analyzed the content of medical tourism Web sites in an attempt to examine how they convey information about benefits and risks of medical procedures, how they frame credibility, and the degree to which these Web sites include interactive features for consumers. Drawing upon framing theory, the researchers content analyzed a sample of 66 medical tourism Web sites throughout the world. The results indicated that medical tourism Web sites largely promote the benefits of medical procedures while downplaying the risks, and relatively little information regarding the credibility of these services appears. In addition, the presentation of benefits/risks, credibility, and Web site interactivity were found to differ by region and type of facility. The authors discuss the implications of these findings concerning the framing of medical tourism Web site content, future directions for research, and limitations.

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Journal
          21161812
          10.1080/10810730.2010.535105

          Chemistry
          Accreditation,Advertising as Topic,Consumer Health Information,Convalescence,Humans,Internet,Medical Tourism,Risk Assessment,Trust,User-Computer Interface

          Comments

          Comment on this article