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(derogatory) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.

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medical tourism

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医療ツーリズム：一般に裕福な国から貧困国へ、一時的に医療サービスを提供するために国境を越えて移動する現象を指す（軽蔑的な意味合いを含む）。

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Many residents criticized the surge of medical tourism, calling it a form of neo-colonialism in which clinicians from wealthy countries briefly provide care without strengthening local health systems.

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多くの住民は、富裕国の医師らが貧しい国へ一時的に渡航して医療を提供する動きの急増を批判し、それを地域の保健体制を強化しない新植民地主義の一形態だと非難した。

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Travelling across international borders to obtain health care.

In June 2007, the American Medical Association (AMA) provided a clear-eyed assessment of a growing phenomenon: medical tourism. […] Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion.

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