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The ‘patient's physician one-step removed’: the evolving roles of medical tourism facilitators
- Correspondence to Dr Jeremy Snyder, Blusson Hall 10516. Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada; jcs12{at}sfu.ca
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The ‘patient's physician one-step removed’: the evolving roles of medical tourism facilitators
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- Received January 11, 2011
- Revised February 11, 2011
- Accepted March 2, 2011
- First published April 8, 2011.
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August 19, 2011
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