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		<title>Cosmetic Surgery and prices, U.S. and Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As such, the information I gathered in 2004-2005 is probably just about as relevant now as it was then. Surgery prices have no doubt risen for some, declined for some and stayed about the same for others. Fluctuations of the dollar and exchange rates have mostly been unfavorable for overseas surgeons who operate on U.S. residents -- but not extraordinarily so.]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 3: A Brief and Selective History of Medical Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 3 Page 1 &#124;  A Brief and Selective History of Medical Tourism
(A (necessarily) brief history of traveling for health care)
My dear Athos,
I wish, as your health absolutely requires it, that you should rest for a fortnight. Go, then, and take the waters of Forges, or any that may be more agreeable to you, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosmetic Surgery Prices, U.S. vs. Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 2]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anywhere in between? Whether in the U.S. or abroad, cosmetic surgeons are getting more creative about marketing to patients and that means, often, that patients have some bargaining power when it comes to price.]]></description>
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		<title>Cosmetic Surgery Prices in the United States vs. Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmetic surgery prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facelift]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 2 Page 9 &#124; Prices in the United States and Abroad
Consumers who consider going abroad to save money for cosmetic surgery, dental work, or any other kind of medical care, will hear these bromides, either from voices in their heads or from well-meaning friends and relatives:

You get what you pay for.
If it sounds too [...]]]></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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		<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 been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Gets Around</title>
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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[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curaao]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dominican Society of Plastic Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lipo-tourism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[St. Thomas]]></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.  &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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