More than ten million patients now travel abroad every year for affordable, high-quality healthcare. From Thailand's American-accredited Bumrungrad International Hospital to Eric Clapton's Crossroads Center in Antigua to Johns Hopkins International Medical Center in Singapore, health travelers now have access to a full array of the world's safest, best choices in healthcare facilities and physicians.Now in its third edition, Patients Beyond Borders remains the best-read, most comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to medical tourism, written by the world's leading spokesperson on international health travel. This new edition of Patients Beyond Borders lists the 25 top medical travel destinations, where patients can choose from hundreds of hospitals and save 30-80 percent on medical procedures, ranging from a comprehensive health check-up to heart work, orthopedics, dental and cosmetic surgery, in vitro fertilization and more.

PrefaceForeword by Jeremy Abbate, Publishing Director, Scientific American WorldViewIntroductionPART ONE: How to Become a Savvy, Informed Medical TravelerChapter One: What Am I Getting Into? Chapter Two: Planning and Budgeting your Health Travel JourneyChapter Three: The Twelve-Fold Path to Enlightened Health TravelChapter Four: While You're ThereChapter Five: Home Again, Home AgainChapter Six: Do's and Don'ts for the Smart Health TravelerChapter Seven: Checklists for the Health TravelerPART TWO: The Most-Traveled Healthcare DestinationsIntroductionBrazilThe CaribbeanCosta RicaCzech RepublicHungaryIndiaMalaysiaMexicoSingaporeSouth AfricaSouth KoreaTaiwanThailandTurkeyUAEUnited StatesPART THREE: Resources and ReferencesMedical GlossaryIndex