1. Introduction: Health Care Goes Global
Leigh Turner and Jill R. Hodges
PART I. DRIVERS, DEPARTURE POINTS, AND DESTINATIONS: SITUATED STUDIES OF MEDICAL TOURISM
2. The United States: Destination and Departure Point
Tricia J. Johnson, Andrew Garman, Samuel F. Hohmann, Steven Meurer, and Molly Allen
3. Medical Tourism the European Way
Richard D. Smith, Helena Legido-Quigley, Neil Lunt, and Daniel Horsfall
4. Medical Tourism in Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges
Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra, Cha-aim Pachanee, Manuel M. Dayrit, and Viroj Tangcharoensathien
5. Socialized Medicine Meets Private Industry: Medical Tourism in Costa Rica
Courtney A. Lee
PART II. BORDER CROSSINGS: RISKS, CONTROVERSIES, AND CONSEQUENCES
6. Unseen Travelers: Medical Tourism and the Spread of Infectious Disease
Jill R. Hodges and Ann Marie Kimball
7. Perilous Voyages: Travel Abroad for Organ Transplants and Stem Cell Treatments
Dominique Martin
8. Cross-Border Assisted Reproductive Care: Global Quests for a Child
Andrea Whittaker
PART III. LEGAL AND REGULATORY QUESTIONS
9. Into the Void: The Legal Ambiguities of an Unregulated Medical Tourism Market
Nathan Cortez
10. Medical Outlaws or Medical Refugees?: An Examination of Circumvention Tourism
I. Glenn Cohen
11. Independent Health Care Accreditation: Medical Tourism and Other International Aspects
Stephen T. Green and Hannah King
PART IV. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
12. Medical Travel and the Global Health Services Marketplace: Identifying Risks to Patients, Public Health, and Health Systems
Leigh Turner
13. Medical Tourism Facilitators: Ethical Concerns about Roles and Responsibilities
Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A. Crooks, Alexandra Wright, and Rory Johnston
14. Conclusion: High Stakes Market
Ann Marie Kimball and Jill R. Hodges
About the Editors and Contributors
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