Dear all,
The School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen, is hosting a debate about Medical Tourism on
Thursday 26 October. The title is:
If healthcare services in Denmark are the best in the world
–
why do
Danes leave?
You are cordially invited to join us for a discussion of this very under-investigated field that is experiencing
a rapid growth worldwide.
Please share this event with your colleagues.
Details:
Date and time:
26 October from 14.00-16.00
Location:
Mærsk Tower, Panum, Blegdamsvej 3B
Event website:
http://globalhealth.ku.dk/events/2017/seminar-medical-tourism/
Sign-up required:
http://globalhealth.ku.dk/events/2017/sign-up-medical-tourism-seminar/
Description:
Medical tourism as a trade and market is growing at record speed worldwide and that
presents challenges for patients and healthcare systems in sending and receiving countries.
This debate will provide an introduction to and discussion of medical tourism as an emerging
market and area that requires special attention by politicians, healthcare professionals and
interdisciplinary research.
We will take a point of departure in the Danish context, where we define medial tourism as a
particular form of patient mobility, where patients travel across borders to receive
treatments ranging from fertility, cosmetic, dental, transplantation and elective surgeries.
Treatments are of a non-acute
and ‘voluntary' nature.
Program:
14.00-14.05:
Welcome
by
Flemming Konradsen
(Professor and Director of SGH, University
of Copenhagen).
14.05-14.15:
Introduction to Medical Tourism
by
Signe Smith Jervelund
(Associate Professor
and Leader of MESU, University of Copenhagen).
14.15-14.30:
This is why I am critical towards medical tourism
by
Andreas Rudkjøbing
(MD,
President of the Danish Medical Association)
14.30-14.45:
Why do migrants leave a perfect healthcare system?
by
Signe Smith Jervelund
and Nathan Bertelsen
(MD and Associate Professor at Koc University and New York
University)
14.45-15.00:
A Market Approach to Medical Tourism: Are we ready for New Paradigms for
the Provision of Healthcare Services?
by
Mia Holstein
(Director of Welfare Policy at CEPOS &
member of the Danish Ethical Council)
15.00-15.15:
The legal and ethical framework for medical tourism in Denmark
by
Ole
Hartling
(MD, Senior Surgeon, former chairman of the Danish Ethical Council)
15.15-15.45:
Panel discussion
facilitated by
Flemming Konradsen
15.45-15.55:
Sum-up
by
Flemming Konradsen
15.55-16.30: Networking and mingling w/snacks and beverages
Best regards,
Kristine
Kristine Sorgenfri Hansen
Scientific Assistant