2013
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303189
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Children travelling for treatment: what we don't know

Abstract: Travel for the purposes of obtaining medical treatment is increasing, but very little is known about the extent or nature of child medical travel. This paper discusses the outcome of a systematic search for academic literature on paediatric medical travel, outlines the potential significance of 'return health migration' by parents and children from minority ethnic groups in the UK, and suggests an agenda for future multidisciplinary research in this field.

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“…Transnational use of healthcare includes traveling back home to seek care, purchasing medicines online and getting support via virtual therapeutic networks (De Jesus and Xiao, 2013;Brijnath et al, 2015;Kemppainen et al, 2017;Villa-Torres et al, 2017). The research in this area has primarily focused on adult and elderly migrants and little is known about families seeking transnational care and services for children (Culley et al, 2013;Sime, 2014) or during pregnancy and postpartum (Chakrabarti, 2010), including their motivations, decision-making processes and networks.…”
Section: Transnational Ties Strength and Resiliencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Transnational use of healthcare includes traveling back home to seek care, purchasing medicines online and getting support via virtual therapeutic networks (De Jesus and Xiao, 2013;Brijnath et al, 2015;Kemppainen et al, 2017;Villa-Torres et al, 2017). The research in this area has primarily focused on adult and elderly migrants and little is known about families seeking transnational care and services for children (Culley et al, 2013;Sime, 2014) or during pregnancy and postpartum (Chakrabarti, 2010), including their motivations, decision-making processes and networks.…”
Section: Transnational Ties Strength and Resiliencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bei der Einreise gaben 3 Familien an, ihre persönlichen Unterlagen verloren zu haben: "vor Aufregung hat die Mutter ihrer Handtasche mit allen Unterlagen auf der Toilette im Flughafen vergessen"; "beim Aussteigen Tasche mit dem Pass und allen Unterlagen außer der Geburtsurkunde im Zug vergessen"; "alle Unterlagen seien beim Schleuser geblieben [15]. Anders als die Gesundheitsversorgung in der EU ist das indikationsbezogene Aufsuchen medizinischer Hilfe aus nicht-EU Ländern zu sehen, meist von reichen Bürgern aus Ländern mit geringerem medizinischen Standard, um eine qualitativ hochwertige Gesundheitsversorgung in einem Land mit hohem medizinischen Standard zu erreichen (Medizintourismus) [3,4,7,9]. Davon abzugrenzen ist die medizinische Versorgung im Notfall von Touristen, Flüchtlingen und Migranten mit und ohne legalen Aufenthaltsstatus [12,17].…”
Section: Zugangsweg Nach Deutschlandunclassified
“…Sie kamen mit der Erwartung und dem Vertrauen, dass ihre schwer kranken Kinder bei uns besonderen Schutz und Hilfe erfahren, zumal Deutschland im Ausland bezüglich eines hohen qualitativen medizinischen Standards geschätzt wird [18]. Reisen zum Zweck der besseren medizinischen Versorgung nehmen aufgrund der hohen Patientenmobilität zu, doch ist bislang wenig an Details der Hilfesuche bekannt [3,4]…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Families that choose to visit their country of origin for a review of their child's health cite a feeling of mutual understanding and familiarity due to a level of 'comfort' with the culture and language. 3,4 Such visits may result in patients returning to the UK with new diagnoses, new treatment regimes and drugs that are unfamiliar to doctors, nurses and pharmacists in the UK. This 'global health-seeking behaviour' creates a dilemma for those working in the NHS who have to balance the additional financial, legal, ethical and regulatory consequences that some interventions may bring with them, with a need to respect decisions made by their patients.…”
Section: Travelling For Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%