GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
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AN UNDEREXPLORED SERVICE IN THE CARIBBEAN: A CASE FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION THROUGH
MEDICAL TOURISM
Elizabeth Ince and Roger Hosein
Department of Economics,
University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine, Trinidad
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Published online: February 10, 2017
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