A critical case study of medical volunteer tourists in Peru

Godfrey, JL; Wearing, SL; Schulenkorf, N

A critical case study of medical volunteer tourists in Peru

Godfrey, JL Wearing, SL

Schulenkorf, N

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Publisher:: Bogaziçi University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Sustainability Issues and Challenges in Tourism Conference, 2013, pp. 43 - 47
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Godfrey, JL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wearing, SL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-059X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schulenkorf, N https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-5340	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Alvarez, MD	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wickens, E	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Bakir, A	en_US
dc.date	2013-10-03	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability Issues and Challenges in Tourism Conference, 2013, pp. 43 - 47	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-975-518-354-1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26992
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dc.description.abstract	While there has been an increasing amount of research on volunteer tourism, limited empirical work has explored the phenomenon of medical volunteer tourism. This paper examines a Peru-based commercial volunteer tourism organisation to investigate the experiences of skilled and unskilled volunteer tourists at local medical clinics in Cusco, Peru. An analysis of in-depth interviews with twelve volunteers suggests volunteers performed similar tasks at the medical clinics regardless of their medical background. While it appears the volunteers improved their Spanish language skills and acquired medical experience at under-resourced clinics, they may or may not have benefited the local community.	en_US
dc.publisher	Bogaziçi University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainability Issues and Challenges in Tourism Conference	en_US
dc.title	A critical case study of medical volunteer tourists in Peru	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Istanbul	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Istanbul	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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Abstract:

While there has been an increasing amount of research on volunteer tourism, limited empirical work has explored the phenomenon of medical volunteer tourism. This paper examines a Peru-based commercial volunteer tourism organisation to investigate the experiences of skilled and unskilled volunteer tourists at local medical clinics in Cusco, Peru. An analysis of in-depth interviews with twelve volunteers suggests volunteers performed similar tasks at the medical clinics regardless of their medical background. While it appears the volunteers improved their Spanish language skills and acquired medical experience at under-resourced clinics, they may or may not have benefited the local community.

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