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Survey: Would you refer a patient overseas for treatment?

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So-called medical tourism is a growing phenomenon. Americans by the tens of thousands are heading overseas for low prices on everything from cosmetic procedures to organ transplants and experimental stem-cell therapy. (See Americans Gamble on Bargain Surgery Abroad)

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