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Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia

People fly for several reasons. One of the goals is to obtain medical attention. This idea is known as "medical tourism." In defending this concept, the notion of medical tourism is one of the prospects of increasing industries that have rapidly grown in Malaysia and other countries. One o...

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Main Authors:	Mohd. Zahir, Mohd. Zamre, Tengku Zainudin, Tengku Noor Azira, Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam, Mohd. Shariff, Ahmad Azam, Abd. Rahman, Zainunnisaa, Ishak, Ma Kalthum, Sulaiman, Syafiq, Mohamad Nor, Nor Hikma
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021
Subjects:	HB Economic Theory
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95367/1/MaKalthumIshak2021_ProspectandLegalChallengesofMedicalTourism.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95367/ http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.29.s2.02
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spelling	my.utm.953672022-04-29T22:26:41Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95367/ Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia Mohd. Zahir, Mohd. Zamre Tengku Zainudin, Tengku Noor Azira Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam Mohd. Shariff, Ahmad Azam Abd. Rahman, Zainunnisaa Ishak, Ma Kalthum Sulaiman, Syafiq Mohamad Nor, Nor Hikma HB Economic Theory People fly for several reasons. One of the goals is to obtain medical attention. This idea is known as "medical tourism." In defending this concept, the notion of medical tourism is one of the prospects of increasing industries that have rapidly grown in Malaysia and other countries. One of the factors that led to this trend is the propensity to pursue better medical care at a lower cost. Around the same time, certain patients in modern society have begun to provide input on their medical care in cases where they are unable to give consent. Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a particular directive containing the desires of a knowledgeable patient regarding his or her future medical plans if he or she becomes incompetent or unable to make any decisions regarding his or her body. However, the concern that arises in the sense of medical tourism is whether there are applicable laws in Malaysia that will ensure that the AMD of patients is enforced. The art of AMD is still relatively new in the country and, as a result, the legal status on the AMD is still vague and uncertain. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to define the laws that can be applied in relation to AMD in the context of medical tourism. The approach used in this article is qualitative. It found that Malaysia did not have a clear legal framework for AMD within the scope of medical tourism. This article concludes that this legal challenge can be overcome by means of the special AMD regulations on medical tourism in Malaysia. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95367/1/MaKalthumIshak2021_ProspectandLegalChallengesofMedicalTourism.pdf Mohd. Zahir, Mohd. Zamre and Tengku Zainudin, Tengku Noor Azira and Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam and Mohd. Shariff, Ahmad Azam and Abd. Rahman, Zainunnisaa and Ishak, Ma Kalthum and Sulaiman, Syafiq and Mohamad Nor, Nor Hikma (2021) Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 29 . pp. 17-28. ISSN 0128-7702 http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.29.s2.02
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spellingShingle	HB Economic Theory Mohd. Zahir, Mohd. Zamre Tengku Zainudin, Tengku Noor Azira Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam Mohd. Shariff, Ahmad Azam Abd. Rahman, Zainunnisaa Ishak, Ma Kalthum Sulaiman, Syafiq Mohamad Nor, Nor Hikma Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia
description	People fly for several reasons. One of the goals is to obtain medical attention. This idea is known as "medical tourism." In defending this concept, the notion of medical tourism is one of the prospects of increasing industries that have rapidly grown in Malaysia and other countries. One of the factors that led to this trend is the propensity to pursue better medical care at a lower cost. Around the same time, certain patients in modern society have begun to provide input on their medical care in cases where they are unable to give consent. Advance Medical Directive (AMD) is a particular directive containing the desires of a knowledgeable patient regarding his or her future medical plans if he or she becomes incompetent or unable to make any decisions regarding his or her body. However, the concern that arises in the sense of medical tourism is whether there are applicable laws in Malaysia that will ensure that the AMD of patients is enforced. The art of AMD is still relatively new in the country and, as a result, the legal status on the AMD is still vague and uncertain. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to define the laws that can be applied in relation to AMD in the context of medical tourism. The approach used in this article is qualitative. It found that Malaysia did not have a clear legal framework for AMD within the scope of medical tourism. This article concludes that this legal challenge can be overcome by means of the special AMD regulations on medical tourism in Malaysia.
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author	Mohd. Zahir, Mohd. Zamre Tengku Zainudin, Tengku Noor Azira Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam Mohd. Shariff, Ahmad Azam Abd. Rahman, Zainunnisaa Ishak, Ma Kalthum Sulaiman, Syafiq Mohamad Nor, Nor Hikma
author_facet	Mohd. Zahir, Mohd. Zamre Tengku Zainudin, Tengku Noor Azira Rajamanickam, Ramalinggam Mohd. Shariff, Ahmad Azam Abd. Rahman, Zainunnisaa Ishak, Ma Kalthum Sulaiman, Syafiq Mohamad Nor, Nor Hikma
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title	Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia
title_short	Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia
title_full	Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia
title_sort	prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the advance medical directive (amd) in malaysia
publisher	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2021
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95367/1/MaKalthumIshak2021_ProspectandLegalChallengesofMedicalTourism.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95367/ http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.29.s2.02
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Prospect and legal challenges of medical tourism in relation to the Advance Medical Directive (AMD) in Malaysia

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