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A different view from different countries: United Kingdom

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Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology ((DINE,volume 33))

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The National Health Service (NHS) has, since 1948, provided medical services for all entitled people living in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland. In the period of austerity following the second World War and at a time of relatively unsophisticated medical science the NHS was introduced to these island countries which together comprise the United Kingdom (U.K.). The aims of the sevice were that it should be free at the point of need and equally available to all socio-economic groups and in all parts of the U.K.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Carl M. Kjellstrand (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

  2. Division of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    John B. Dossetor (Professor of Medicine, Director) (Professor of Medicine, Director)

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Wing, A.J. (1992). A different view from different countries: United Kingdom. In: Kjellstrand, C.M., Dossetor, J.B. (eds) Ethical problems in dialysis and transplantation. Developments in Nephrology, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7969-8_17

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