Compromise is surrender

Abstract

Lower standards. Waiting lists. Physician indifference. These are just some of the consequences of national healthcare in Britain, according to the author of this article, a family physician who trained in Scotland. Through a series of extraordinary anecdotes, Dr Anderson comments on Britain's underfunded medical system and the coping mechanisms that doctors rely on to function within it.

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Eric G. Anderson

Eric G. Anderson, MD Dr Anderson, a regular contributor to POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE'S Physician-at-Large department, is a semiretired family physician in San Diego.