A Policy Study of Taiwan''s Non-therapeutic Medical Cosmetology Industry

• Main Authors: Chun-Chen Huang, 黃純真
• Other Authors: 彭錦鵬
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69000830553614545001

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 99 === In recent decades, the rapid economic growth in Taiwan has reshaped the landscape of biotech and medical industry, especially the medical cosmetology industry. Despite the importance of the field, few literatures reviewed the related policies and the policy outcomes. This study discusses the important policy issues of Taiwan’s medical cosmetology industry, mainly in the non-therapeutic area. The study contains five chapters. Medical cosmetology industry of South Korea, Singapore and Thailand are studied to compare with the development of Taiwan. Significant policy issues of Taiwan’s medical cosmetology industry are carefully analyzed through in-depth interviews with professionals from the public service and the private industry. Five central policy issues are examined: (1) medical tourism; (2) international medical treatments and service/ the Special Zone of International Medical Treatments and Services; (3) the commercialization and industrialization of the concepts of medical treatments and services; (4) the government regulations of medical treatments and services; and(5) the impacts on the medical industry after the legalization of cross-strait relations. This research suggests the following recommendations: (1) the government should reconsider the strategies of medical tourism; (2) the planning of international medical treatments/services program should be strengthened; (3) the traditional medical service under health-care system and the related industries of medical cosmetology need to be developed separately; and (4) the government should reconsider the interactions in the medical industry between Taiwan and Mainland China, especially after the normalization of cross strait relationship.