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Q J Med 2003; 96: 241-242
© 2003 Association of Physicians

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The National Illness Service

J. Launer

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A few months ago, I had a conversation with a hospital chief executive who was complaining about the unrealistic expectations that many patients have nowadays. He told me that he wished we could change the name of the National Health Service to the National ‘Keeping-Death-at-Bay’ Service. He thought that this would help patients to shed their illusions of omnipotence and immortality. It would also indicate that, in reality, hospitals by themselves have little to do with the production of health.

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