Trade in Health

Economics, Ethics and Public Policy

David Reisman, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Surrey, UK and Senior Associate, Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Once exports and imports meant agriculture and industry. Today, in the global economy and the electronic age, trade is also expanding into the service sector. This timely book closely examines trade in health. Professor David Reisman offers a comprehensive and searching multidisciplinary account of the way in which medical services, patients, capital and professionals make up a global healthcare economy that crosses borders. Combining theory and empirical evidence from economics, tourism, and medical care, scholars involved in health economics and social administration will find much of significance in this authoritative study.

“Healt贸易h is a welcome addition to general reading on health and social policy. Pre-senting a significant amount of material, it keeps to its core premise focusing on underpin-ning structural issues that influence cross-border flow of healthcare. It impresses that current understanding is just at the cusp, though there are benefits from the trade in health; further inquiry is needed before any policy prescriptive can/ought to be formulated.’
– Journal of Human Development and Capabilities