RT Journal
T1 THe first year of the national health service act in great britain
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD December 24
VO 141
IS 17
SP 1236
OP 1237
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02910170038011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910170038011
AB A review of the first year of enforcement of the National Health Service Act in Great Britain has been published in The Practitioner.1 Of particular interest to physicians in the United States are the discussions of the relation of the physician, surgeon, obstetrician, country practitioner, town general practitioner, young doctor, ophthalmologist, dentist, medical administrator, ministry, nursing profession, pharmacist, hospital patient and the private patient to the Service Act. Also of interest are a discussion of the cost of the health service provided during the year and two appendixes, one reflecting the amount of clerical work involved in administration of a government-controlled medical service and the other outlining the main provisions of the Act. The various sections were written by contributors reported to have an intimate knowledge of the working of the Act but who are believed to be free from prejudice and without party or sectional interest. To permit