<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>3524</rec-number><ref-type>Case Study </ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Funke, Rhiannon Dodds</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dillard, Brenda</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Potthast, Adam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boxall, Susanna Flavia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carr, Edward</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carr, Sarah</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diaz-Sprague, Raquel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elliott, Deni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">England, Renee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Price, Connie</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medical Outsourcing</style></title></titles><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bioethics</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medicine</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study </style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Medical%20Outsourcing.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Association for Practical and </style></publisher><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">As the cost as heath care in the United States continues to rise, many Americans are seeking cheaper medical treatment in foreign countries.  Countries such as India and Thailand offer surgeries that can be as much as seventy to eighty percent cheaper than the same procedures in the United States. However, &quot;medical tourism&quot; is outside the reach of many working class Americans, and this practice does not lower the cost of heath care in the United States.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study from the 2008 Regional Ethics Bowls. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, 2008. http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/ethicsbowl.html</style></notes></record></records></xml>