title: 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.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014850:Waiting Lists; D016526:Workload