[ { "slug": "starting-research", "title": "Starting your medical-tourism research", "description": "If you've just begun considering treatment abroad, this 5-guide path covers the basics: what medical tourism actually is, when it makes sense, and the verification baseline.", "audience": "First-time researchers", "guideSlugs": [ "first-time-medical-tourist", "when-medical-tourism-makes-sense", "when-medical-tourism-is-not-sensible", "understanding-jci-accreditation", "verify-surgeon-credentials" ] }, { "slug": "picking-a-country", "title": "Picking a destination country", "description": "How to compare countries on regulation, recourse, language, and logistics — without falling for marketing.", "audience": "Researchers narrowing options", "guideSlugs": [ "comparing-medical-tourism-destinations", "understanding-jci-accreditation", "medical-tourism-insurance-guide" ] }, { "slug": "pre-op-checklist", "title": "Pre-op checklist for travelling abroad", "description": "What to confirm in writing, with whom, and by when, before flying.", "audience": "Patients with a clinic shortlist", "guideSlugs": [ "verify-surgeon-credentials", "medical-tourism-insurance-guide", "first-time-medical-tourist" ] }, { "slug": "post-booking-pre-travel", "title": "Post-booking, pre-travel preparation", "description": "Deposit paid, dates fixed — now what? Records, consent, packing, and family logistics in the weeks before departure.", "audience": "Patients who have committed to a clinic and date", "guideSlugs": [ "first-time-medical-tourist", "medical-tourism-insurance-guide", "verify-surgeon-credentials" ] }, { "slug": "post-op-returnee", "title": "Coming home: post-op recovery and follow-up", "description": "The first week, month, and year after returning home — what's normal, what needs attention, and how to arrange ongoing care.", "audience": "Patients who have returned from treatment abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "recognising-unsafe-clinic-practices", "post-operative-care-at-a-distance", "revision-surgery-rights-and-options" ] }, { "slug": "fertility-specific", "title": "Cross-border fertility treatment", "description": "Legal, ethical, and clinical considerations specific to fertility treatment abroad — donor anonymity, surrogacy, embryo storage, and pre-implantation genetic testing.", "audience": "Patients considering fertility care abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "fertility-tourism-legal-ethical", "cryopreservation-contracts", "medical-tourism-insurance-guide" ] }, { "slug": "before-paying-deposit", "title": "Before you pay a deposit", "description": "A six-guide path covering quote-completeness, refund and cancellation terms, surgeon verification, and recognising patterns that should pause a deposit decision.", "audience": "Patients with a written quote in hand", "guideSlugs": [ "package-price-exclusions", "hidden-costs-surgery-packages", "deposit-and-refund-terms", "verify-surgeon-credentials", "recognising-unsafe-clinic-practices", "reading-outcome-claims" ] }, { "slug": "legal-rights-when-things-go-wrong", "title": "Legal rights when treatment goes wrong", "description": "Six guides covering consent across legal systems, complaint pathways, evidence preservation, revision rights, and the documentation a patient needs to act on any of them.", "audience": "Patients planning for downside outcomes", "guideSlugs": [ "consent-forms-across-legal-systems", "informed-consent-across-jurisdictions", "medical-consent-abroad", "complaining-about-a-clinic-abroad", "preserving-evidence-after-bad-outcome", "revision-surgery-rights-and-options" ] }, { "slug": "dental-tourism-specific", "title": "Dental tourism due diligence", "description": "Five guides written for patients travelling abroad for dental implants, crowns, or full-mouth restoration. Covers package exclusions, verifying credentials, recognising unsafe practices, and follow-up at home.", "audience": "Patients considering dental treatment abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "dental-tourism-vs-domestic-dentistry", "package-price-exclusions", "verify-surgeon-credentials", "recognising-unsafe-clinic-practices", "post-op-follow-up-at-home" ] }, { "slug": "hair-transplant-specific", "title": "Hair-transplant due diligence", "description": "Five guides covering the patterns specific to high-volume hair-transplant markets — verifying that a doctor performs the operation, reading outcome claims critically, understanding warranties, and recognising technician-led setups.", "audience": "Patients considering hair transplantation abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "verify-surgeon-credentials", "reading-outcome-claims", "procedure-warranty-meaning", "recognising-unsafe-clinic-practices", "package-price-exclusions" ] }, { "slug": "cosmetic-surgery-decisions", "title": "Cosmetic-surgery decision-making", "description": "Six guides for patients weighing cosmetic surgery abroad — eligibility honesty, blood-thinner protocols, revision rights, outcome-claim interpretation, recognising unsafe practices, and aftercare planning.", "audience": "Patients considering cosmetic surgery abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "when-not-to-travel-for-treatment", "blood-thinners-and-overseas-surgery", "revision-surgery-rights-and-options", "reading-outcome-claims", "recognising-unsafe-clinic-practices", "post-op-follow-up-at-home" ] }, { "slug": "bariatric-aftercare", "title": "Bariatric aftercare across borders", "description": "Six guides framed around the dominant problem in bariatric medical tourism: long-term aftercare across borders. Covers the smoking / alcohol protocol, blood thinners, follow-up at home, emergency-care framing, and the cases where travel is not sensible.", "audience": "Patients who have undergone or are considering bariatric surgery abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "post-op-follow-up-at-home", "post-operative-care-at-a-distance", "emergency-care-abroad", "blood-thinners-and-overseas-surgery", "smoking-alcohol-and-recovery", "when-medical-tourism-is-not-sensible" ] }, { "slug": "returning-home-checklist", "title": "Returning home after treatment abroad", "description": "A six-guide path for the discharge-to-home transition: medical records to obtain, implant passport, infection warning signs, emergency contacts, follow-up at home, and what to do if things deteriorate after returning.", "audience": "Patients flying home post-procedure", "guideSlugs": [ "medical-records-before-flying-home", "implant-passport-explained", "infection-warning-signs-after-surgery-abroad", "emergency-contact-plan-medical-tourist", "post-op-follow-up-at-home", "bringing-medication-home" ] }, { "slug": "dental-implants-deep-dive", "title": "Dental implants abroad — deep dive", "description": "Six guides covering the dental-implant-specific decisions: domestic versus abroad framing, package exclusions, recognising unsafe practices, verifying credentials, follow-up at home, and aftercare planning across borders.", "audience": "Patients considering dental implants abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "dental-tourism-vs-domestic-dentistry", "package-price-exclusions", "recognising-unsafe-clinic-practices", "verify-surgeon-credentials", "post-op-follow-up-at-home", "hidden-costs-surgery-packages" ] }, { "slug": "ivf-cross-border-decision", "title": "IVF abroad — legal, ethical, and cost decision-making", "description": "Six guides covering the dimensions specific to cross-border fertility treatment: legal-ethical framing, consent across jurisdictions, cryopreservation contracts, insurance, package exclusions, and currency-risk planning.", "audience": "Patients considering IVF or fertility treatment abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "fertility-tourism-legal-ethical", "consent-forms-across-legal-systems", "cryopreservation-contracts", "medical-tourism-insurance-guide", "package-price-exclusions", "currency-risk-payment-methods" ] }, { "slug": "complications-and-recourse-deep-dive", "title": "Complications and recourse — what to do if things go wrong", "description": "Six guides covering the full complication-and-recourse pathway: warning signs, complaint pathways, evidence preservation, consent across jurisdictions, revision rights, and emergency planning.", "audience": "Patients planning for the downside scenario", "guideSlugs": [ "infection-warning-signs-after-surgery-abroad", "complaining-about-a-clinic-abroad", "preserving-evidence-after-bad-outcome", "consent-forms-across-legal-systems", "revision-surgery-rights-and-options", "emergency-contact-plan-medical-tourist" ] }, { "slug": "recovery-house-questions-pack", "title": "Recovery house decisions — questions and red flags", "description": "Five guides for patients evaluating recovery-house options abroad: hotel vs nurse-led recovery house, the questions to put to a recovery house, post-op care at a distance, follow-up at home, and emergency planning.", "audience": "Patients weighing recovery-house options abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "hotel-recovery-vs-recovery-house", "nurse-led-recovery-houses-questions-to-ask", "post-operative-care-at-a-distance", "post-op-follow-up-at-home", "emergency-contact-plan-medical-tourist" ] }, { "slug": "cost-and-financing-deep-dive", "title": "Cost, financing, and currency — the money guides", "description": "Six guides covering every dimension of paying for treatment abroad: hidden costs, why all-inclusive rarely is, deposit and refund terms, currency risk, medical loans, and why the cheapest clinic is rarely the cheapest overall.", "audience": "Patients planning the financial side of treatment abroad", "guideSlugs": [ "hidden-costs-surgery-packages", "why-all-inclusive-rarely-inclusive", "deposit-and-refund-terms", "currency-risk-payment-methods", "medical-loans-financing-risks", "why-cheapest-clinic-not-cheapest-overall" ] } ]