Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Critical perspectives in medical travel

Chapter 3: Medical travel at a global scale

Chapter 4: Medical travel at a local scale: An example of intra-national medical travel

Chapter 5: Medical travel infrastructures

Chapter 6: Differential medical travel experiences and possibilities

Chapter 7: Affective journeys and the imagination

Chapter 8: Future directions in medical travel research

About the Author

Cecilia Vindrola-Padros is a medical anthropologist working at University College, London. Her research focuses on topics such as: embedded research, rapid qualitative research, health service reconfigurations, and the delivery of complex treatment in LMICs. She is interested in the relationship between mobility and health and has carried out research on medical travel for over 10 years.