title: Biomedicine and 'Risky' Retirement Destinations: Older Western Residents in Ubud, Bali.
abstract: International retirement migration is often conflated with the generic emergence of a new stage in the life course, the third age. I describe how well-travelled, globally orientated retirees are drawn to and experience biomedical provision in 'risky' retirement destinations. Drawing on ethnographic research in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, I consider how older Western residents shape, share, and manage their health concerns in light of an Indonesian biomedical system that is transforming in the context of modern medical provision and an emerging retirement industry. Building on Rose and Novas's notion of biological citizenship, I illustrate the ways in which Western retirees engage with multiple biomedical realities built around localized, symbolic distinctions between 'hospital' and 'doctor,' immigration frameworks, the transregional context of medical tourism, and broader concerns relating to change and overdevelopment in Ubud and Bali.
authors: a School of Social and Political Sciences , University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria , Australia.
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Green
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D060432:Anthropology, Medical; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012179:Retirement
keywords: Bali; Biomedicine; Western retirees; international retirement migration; mobility