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The $20 billion-a-year global medical-tourism market finally has a guidebook of its own. Aimed at the 150,000 North Americans and Europeans now combining health care with travel, Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism, by Josef Woodman (Health Travel Media; $22.95; www.patientsbeyondborders.com), released in February, provides actionable, on-the-ground advice for 22 top medical-tourism destinations in 12 countries. From hip replacements in India to Central American dental work, Brazilian tummy tucks to fertility treatments in South Africa, Patients Beyond Borders compares procedure costs and success rates and gives the rundown on international hospitals, clinics, and health travel agents. With medical tourism now growing at 15 percent annually and nations ranging from Israel to Indonesia swiftly realizing its potential, this tome couldn’t be more timely.
—David Kaufman
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