The Ethical & Legal Challenges of Medicine Tourism

Ethics and law are the most important pillars of development for any sector, Especially when it comes to development at international levels and in the vital field of health and medicine. Despite the rapid growth of medical tourism, this industry faces serious legal and ethical challenges. The most important issues related to health and medical tourism rights are access to services, health insurance, licensing and legal licenses of international health care service providers. There are a number of legal issues and challenges in the field of medical tourism that, if left unresolved, could pose serious obstacles to its formation and development. Given the nature of medical tourism, in order to resolve ethical and legal issues, it is first of all necessary to amend the laws and regulations in accordance with the international level and to explain the necessary standards correctly in the text of the laws. Maintaining the trust of patients in order to choose a center that provides medical business and tourism services depends on compliance with quality and safety standards. Then, it is necessary to provide the necessary legal supervision to ensure the implementation of laws and regulations and compliance with standards, and at the same time, adequate international insurance to cover these services.