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by D. Stark Murray, 222 pp, with illus, £4.50, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (Alex Sutherland, 1418 E 57 St, Chicago 60637), 1973.

John Lorant, PhD, Reviewer
American Medical Association Chicago

JAMA. 1973;226(1):84.

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Those readers who are interested in the opinions of a participant-observer unabashedly devoted to the British National Health Service (NHS) will wish to read Dr. Murray's book. His viewpoint, expressed in the introduction, aptly sets the tone for subsequent discussion: "In the delivery of health care the European system is ahead of anything that has been suggested in the U.S. and the British National Health Service is more soundly based and more comprehensively developed than those it may join in the Common Market." While the author hopes that his look into Britain's future may be of help to those countries "whose system of health care still lags behind the best," Blueprint for Health is ultimately addressed to planning for the NHS. This "attempt to crystallize British views" thereby looks at a number of questions from a largely parochial perspective.

Brief discussions of health care in other countries precede Murray's focus . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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