Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Travel
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Second Edition • ISBN 9780979107924
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@JosefWoodman- @jamesoreilly Wild. Called my son in Costa Rica, from Skype @30k feet from BKK. Between my engine noises and his barroom noises, not ideal!
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As Seen on Oprah.com
Oprah introduces her audience for the first time to medical tourism; Patients Beyond Borders author lends advice to patients considering travel overseas for medical care. Continue reading >>
Oprah.com, 9 November 2009
News Story
"Many vacationers already know Chennai, India, for its long sandy beaches and Costa Rica for its rich, tropical landscape. But both places are also among the top 10 destinations for medical tourism." Continue reading »
International Living, 1 June 2010
Press Release
Patients Beyond Borders author to be featured speaker at Medical Travel Meeting Brazil Continue reading »
28 July 2010
Author Event
See you at the Medical Travel Meeting Brazil August 25 – 28 in São Paulo! Learn more »
New for Hospitals and Clinics
Patients Beyond Borders is the first comprehensive guide for patients considering medical tourism. Less about travel and all about healthcare choices, this consumer guidebook provides practical answers for the increasing number of healthcare consumers seeking access to the best, most affordable hospitals in the world.
Easy to understand, impartial, extensively researched, and filled with authoritative and accessible advice, Patients Beyond Borders gives you detailed information on the best hospitals and treatment centers in more than 40 destination countries worldwide, plus data on local and international accreditation, health travel planners, accommodations, and more.
Whether it's dental work, heart surgery, orthopedics, fertilization clinics, neurosurgery, cosmetic surgery, or LASIK™ eye repair, you'll want to know about the safest, most affordable options when considering your treatment choices. Patients Beyond Borders is the best way to determine if health travel is right for you, and to help you plan and budget your journey.
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TurkeyI am considering elective surgery and this was a great compendium of information scattered all over the Internet. —Amy Tupper (Sanford, NC)
A useful new book on this topic. —Savvy Senior
The book was my guide through the process of considering, researching, deliberating, and deciding to go abroad for surgery.... Every section of the book was helpful, including its lists of questions to ask physicians and health travel planners; words of wisdom on choosing a companion for the trip; costs of various procedures in many countries; discussion of expectations before, during, and after health travel; country-specific information; lists of additional resources; and more. Every bit of information was invaluable! The book rarely left my side in the months I was considering health travel. —Nancy S. (Durham, NC)
A practical guide to planning a medical trip. —Washington Post
Woodman's father is not alone in looking abroad for a medical overhaul. After all, if the American healthcare system is not completely broken, it is certainly dysfunctional: 47 million people have no health coverage, and 130 million have no dental insurance. As baby boomers age into more medical problems with spotty coverage and would prefer not to deplete their retirement savings, they are looking at all available options. —Financial Times
When I went abroad for my surgery, a guide like this would have saved me a lot of time and even more money. Health travel is rewarding, but it can be complicated and it is hard to stay organized. Patients Beyond Borders makes planning and taking a trip so much easier. —Doug Stoda (Tomah, WI)
The $20 billion-a-year global medical-tourism market finally has a guidebook of its own. This tome couldn't be more timely. —Travel + Leisure Magazine
I have read and am impressed by this book. —Arthur Frommer
Woodman suggests a $6,000 rule: if your procedure would cost more than $6,000 in the United States, you would likely save money—possibly more than $1,000—by traveling to a foreign hospital, including all other costs. —NPR (National Public Radio)
I spent a lot of time on the Internet trying to research this topic on my own and looking for certain procedures (mainly dental and cosmetic surgery). I wound up getting dental work done in Mexico at a facility reviewed in this book and am happy with my experience. I recommend this book to anyone even remotely considering foreign medical travel. —K. Williamson (Los Lunas, NM)
Patients Beyond Borders tells how to plan and budget for medical care abroad and how to find the best doctors and hospitals. —AARP Bulletin
A must-read for those considering medical tourism. —ABC News
