introduction: policy makers and decision makers of medical tourism must identify stakeholders who can be affected by and can affect this industry and determine their status for partnership. the aim of this study was to identify and analyze the main stakeholders of medical tourism in isfahan, and provide strategies for developing this industry. methods: a qualitative study was conducted in 2011....

Introduction: The overall objective of this study was to design a progressive multilevel model using the Delphi method for selecting a medical tourism destination which includes three levels of decision making: the destination country, then the destination city, and finally, the healthcare center in the selected city. This model can be used as a new area of research for further...

Globalisation has given birth to medical tourism. Health and medical tourism are the fastest growing segments in not only developed nations but in developing countries too. India has become a hot destination, as the Indian medical standards match up to the highly prescribed international standards at a very low cost. However, it is an unmixed blessing; along with advantages, it has many uninten...

Abstract Regarding climatic diversity in Iran and the dependence of many outdoor activities (occupational, recreational, tourism attraction, etc.) on conditions, this study conducted aiming to evaluate thermal comfort fluctuations Iran. Thermal different climates were investigated between 1985 2014 using recorded meteorological data 40 synoptic stations. The Mann-Kendall test Sen’s Slope used a...

B. Ramezani Gourab1 and P.Foroughe2 1-Dept. of Physical Geography, Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Iran. 2- Dept. of Geography and Tourism Planning, USM, Malaysia. * Corresponding author?s E-mail: [email protected]

Hydatid Cyst in a 10-Year-Old Boy: An Unusual Location Sima Rafeiyian, MD1*, Manouchehr Hekmat, MD1, Ali Kouhi, MD2 1Shaheed Modarres Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Tehran, Iran. 2Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. *Corresponding Author: Sima Rafeiyan, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medic...