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	<title>Beauty from Afar &#187; Dominican Republic</title>
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		<title>Sticks and Stones and Common Ground</title>
		<link>http://www.beautyfromafar.com/2009/10/07/sticks-and-stones-and-common-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[And Another Thing ...]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cosmetic surgery risks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients take risks. They sign a lot of papers before undergoing surgery in which they acknowledge risk. They do their own part to minimize risk by informing themselves about what to expect; by preparing their minds and bodies for surgery; and by choosing a good doctor and surgeon. That is a lot of what Beauty from Afar was (and is) about: patient choices, and how to make good ones. I included the lengthy segments about the Dominican Republic because the story illustrates so many aspects of medical travel. In the end, I draw a different conclusion than did New York City officials, or the U.S. news media. I would not tell anyone not to go to a particular country for surgery. Tens of thousands of patients have gone to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery and have been happy with the results and the price.]]></description>
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		<title>Sticks and Stones &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[common ground]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cost]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 2 Page 4 &#124; Sticks and Stones On one side, we have U.S. doctors and public officials issuing a very real warning: don&#8217;t go out of the country for plastic surgery, especially to the Dominican Republic. On the other side, we have the trained medical establishment of the Dominican Republic arguing that they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosmetic Surgery in the Dominican Republic</title>
		<link>http://www.beautyfromafar.com/2009/10/06/cosmetic-surgery-in-the-dominican-republic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[And Another Thing ...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetic surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plasticenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto Guerrero]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we continue the short saga of the U.S. and its media vs. cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic in 2004.

Chapter 2 Page 3 &#124; A warning lives on, mostly unheeded]]></description>
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		<title>A warning lives on &#8212; mostly unheeded</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Disease Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 2 Page 3 &#124; A warning lives on, mostly unheeded The costs for common cosmetic surgery procedures in the Dominican Republic are roughly 40 to 70 percent less than they are in the United States. Dominican surgeons, particularly members of the Society of Plastic Surgery, felt that they were under assault by the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical tourism sensitive to media coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.beautyfromafar.com/2009/10/05/medical-tourism-sensitive-to-media-coverage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illnesses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I  have noted, however, the story was short-lived and in this particular case, may have done more to publicize the availability of inexpensive cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic than it did to convince prospective patients of danger! More on that in the next post ...]]></description>
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		<title>News Gets Around</title>
		<link>http://www.beautyfromafar.com/table-of-contents/medical-tourism-chapter-2/news-gets-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lipo-tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Rico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 2 Page 2 &#124; News Gets Around The story certainly got my attention; At the time, I was in the early stages of research for this book. And I was appalled. The Dominican Republic was not on my short list of countries to write about. In fact, I knew next to nothing about it.  [...]]]></description>
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