This edited volume explores the interconnection between care work, travel, and healthcare, emphasizing the emotional dimensions of seeking care away from home. It brings together contributions from disciplines such as anthropology, nursing, primary care, sociology and geography and covers experiences of medical travel and other forms of remote care in the United States, Laos, India, Italy, France, Finland, Switzerland, and Russia.

Contributions by: Audrey Bochaton, Valorie A. Crooks, Matthew Dalstrom, Joyeeta Dastidar, Cinzia Greco, Driss Habti, Sarah Hartmann, Laura Kemppainen, Elizabeth Lanphier, Inna Perheentupa, John Pickering, Larisa Shpakovskaya, Mai See Thao, Carla Vaucher