Patients Beyond Borders

by Woodman, Josef

• ISBN13: 9780984388004
• ISBN10: 0984388001
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-01
• Publisher: Healthy Travel Media

Summary

Patients Beyond Borders is the first comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to medical tourism, written by the world's leading spokesperson on international health travel. Impartial, extensively researched and filled with authoritative and accessible advice carefully culled from hundreds of resources in the US and abroad.From Thailand's American-accredited Bumrungrad hospital to Eric Clapton's Crossroads Clinic to Johns Hopkins International in Singapore, health travelers now have access to a full array of the world's safest, best choices in healthcare facilities and physicians.Patients Beyond Borders lists the 40 top medical travel destinations, where patients can choose from hundreds of hospitals and save 30-80% on medical procedures, ranging from a comprehensive health check-up to heart work, orthopedics, dental and cosmetic surgery, in vitro fertilization and more.Includes detailed contact and accreditation information for all listed hospitals and clinics, how to plan and budget a successful medical travel journey, plus never-before-published information on the best treatment centers, health travel agents, treatment specialties and super-specialties.Detailed information on how to locate the best hospitals and clinics, "10 Must-Ask Questions for Your In-country Physician," "22 Do's and Don'ts for the Savvy Medical Traveler," plus "The Twelve-fold Path to Enlightened Health Travel Planning."The revised and expanded Third Edition will now feature 32 pages of color inserts, in addition to a completely revised and updated listing of JCI-accredited international hospitals in all the top destinations plus AMA Guidelines for Medical Tourism, new information on tax benefits for medical tourists and the latest on buying affordable pharmaceuticals abroad.This latest edition will also contain important information on continued care post-procedure, how to handle malpractice abroad, finding the best health travel agent as well as a handy Treatment Index allow readers to easily match their medical condition to the best clinics.