Patients Beyond Borders is a 2015 medical tourism guidebook by Josef Woodman.

Contents

• Overview
• Content
• Editions
• References

Overview

The book surveys the economic and social trends associated with medical travel and provides information on medical travel destinations, ^[1] 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. ^{[2] [3]} Data on international patient flow and comparative costs of medical procedures have been cited by research, news and reference media. ^{[4] [5]}

Content

This chapter summary provides a rough indication of the book's contents:

• 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.

Editions

• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Third Edition. 2015 ISBN   978-0-9846095-8-1
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Taiwan Edition Simplified Chinese Translation. 2013 ISBN   978-0-9903154-0-7
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Dubai Healthcare City Edition. 2012 ISBN   978-0-9846095-2-9
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Monterrey, Mexico Edition. 2012 ISBN   978-0-9846095-0-5
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Turkey Edition. 2010 ISBN   978-0-9823361-1-3
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Malaysia Edition. 2009 ISBN   978-0-9791079-5-5
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Singapore Edition. 2009 ISBN   978-0-9791079-7-9
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Thailand Edition. 2009 ISBN   978-0-9823361-2-0
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Taiwan Edition. 2008 ISBN   978-0-9791079-3-1
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: 2nd Edition. 2008. ISBN   978-0-9791079-2-4
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Singapore Edition (Arabic Translation). 2008.
• Josef Woodman. Patients Beyond Borders: Korea Edition. 2006 ISBN   978-0-9791079-8-6

References