Marlie, an American, has family in the Netherlands and is pregnant. Before her due date, she traveled to the Netherlands and stayed with her family so that she could give birth to her baby in the hospital there. She knew that the costs to her would be much lower. Marlie's choice to give birth in the Netherlands is an example of_____.

A. dissent
B. cost inflation
C. medical tourism
D. the sick role
E. the medical-industrial complex


Answer: C

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