Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, and Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH
As with most domains suited to primary care, emporiatrics is more about art than algorithm and should address--without exacerbating--the patient’s leading concerns. Providing recommendations for a safe and healthy sojourn, without unnecessarily alarming travelers or blunting their cultural interchange and travel adventure, is a balancing act. That balance, best informed by thorough assessment of patient- and itinerary-specific risk, as well as risk tolerance, is an assessment perfectly suited to the relationships available to the traveler in the patient-centered medical home.
Huntington M and Bazemore A. Travel Medicine and the Maryland Family Physician. The Maryland Family Doctor. Fall 2010; 47(2):10-3.
