We just sent off to the publisher our new eBook "Now to Plan a Successful Medical Tourism Trip". Before we sent it off to the publisher we emailed a preview to patients registered on the Traveling4Health Community to get their feedback on which sections of the book would have been most helpful in planning their trip; maybe resulting in a better outcome. I got some interesting feedback on one of the tips in the section "13 Steps For Researching The Best Surgeon for a Procedure". The #1 tip there is to involve your local doctor when possible. And the reason for that should be obvious. If youre local doctor is going to be doing any kind of post-operative care they need to be in the loop. The feedback I got on that tip was really interesting. Heres what one patient said, "Are you saying this because of liability issues or are you being polite? Because no one I know would consult their local doctor first, because your local doctor would want to do the work, and would advise against going out of the country." If you get that response from your doctor, dont let the response daunt you. Youre going to run into professionals in all industries who are either not educated on medical tourism or negatively biased by disposition. However, there is a good reason why a lot of doctors are not interested in collaborating with foreign doctors — and thats the issue of liability. So please understand that its easier for them to say "no" than it is to collaborate. However, if you can get <b>…<b>

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