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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2011-2106</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Economía del Caribe]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev. econ. Caribe]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2011-2106</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Universidad del Norte]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2011-21062017000200089</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[ÉTICA Y RESPONSABILIDADES DE AGENTES FACILITADORES EN EL TURISMO MÉDICO INTERNACIONAL]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACILITATING AGENTS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TOURISM]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de la Puente Pacheco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>20</numero>
<fpage>89</fpage>
<lpage>105</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2011-21062017000200089&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2011-21062017000200089&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2011-21062017000200089&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Este artículo de investigación analiza los riesgos y responsabilidades de los operadores del turismo médico internacional desde una perspectiva teórico-crítica. A través de un método cualitativo-descriptivo se determinan las causas y consecuencias de la incertidumbre que genera la industria a partir de la escasez de información, su propia asimetría y la limitada institucionalidad internacional, que permite la actuación no regulada de los operadores. Se encuentra que la acreditación internacional en procesos médicos y administrativos, así como la estandarización de protocolos internacionalmente aceptados para la captación de pacientes extranjeros puede limitar las distorsiones propias de una industria mixta en crecimiento. CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: F10, I15.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This article investigates the risks and responsibilities of international medical agents from a theoretical-critical perspective. Through a qualitative-descriptive method, the causes and consequences of the uncertainty generated by the industry are determined based on the scarcity of information, the asymmetry of the information, and the limited international institutionality that allows an unregulated dynamic actions. It is found that international accreditation in medical and administrative processes, as well as the standardization of internationally accepted protocols for the recruitment of foreign patients can limit the distortions typical of a growing mixed industry. JEL CODES: F10, I15.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[turismo médico]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[turismo de la salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[acreditación internacional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estandarización]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Medical tourism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bioethics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Health tourism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[International accreditation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Standarization]]></kwd>
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