Healthcare Sector, Medical Tourism and Employment Relations in India: Emerging Paradigms, New Directions and Future Trajectory

Healthcare professionals have often been acclimatised as one of the most challenging (and promising as well) when it comes to the management of people at workplaces. Strange but true, the aspects of employment relations at workplaces have received little research consideration in healthcare sector even in the developed countries. India, becoming one of the most attractive destinations for medical tourism, has given substantial impetus to the healthcare sector which gave birth to new forms of employment relations practices in the sector. Adopting a qualitative approach where literature research along with the use of search engine using selected key words, the authors in this chapter intend to identify the emerging paradigms and new directions of employment relations in the sector. The objectives in this chapter will also centre on mapping the future trajectory of employment relations in the healthcare sector with specific considerations for medical tourism in India.