Patients Beyond Borders
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Patients Beyond Borders is a 2015 medical tourism guidebook by Josef Woodman.
Overview
The book surveys the economic and social trends associated with medical travel and provides information on medical travel destinations, internationally accredited hospitals and corresponding medical specialties, subspecialties and procedures.
Patients Beyond Borders has been cited by mainstream press organizations as a leading guidebook for medical tourism. Data on international patient flow and comparative costs of medical procedures have been cited by research, news and reference media.
Content
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Foreword: Jeremy Abbate, Publisher, Scientific American Worldview.
Introduction: Definition and overview of medical tourism; why patients travel for care, most-traveled destinations; comparative treatment costs.
Part One: What medical travelers should know; how to vet international doctors, surgeons and facilities; accreditation overview; travel cautions; post-op care; medical travel facilitators.
Part Two: Most visited hospitals and their specialties. An overview of 150 hospitals in 22 countries offering international healthcare services.
Part Three: Resources and References.
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