Helsinki is a colourful, bustling city whose maritime setting, with shipyards, estuaries and
harbourside markets, evokes a softer Halifax. Upcountry one finds innumerable lakes and …

Part Two of this paper, the final part, is presented below. Part One, which appeared in last
week's issue (Canad. MA J., 82: 432, 1960), discussed: The social setting; Why medical …

Sweden is a constitutional monarchy based on democratic and social justice. A traditionally
neutral land, it has had a socialist government for the past 40 years. Rich in natural …

The Swedish health care system is funded by a government-sponsored health insurance
scheme and is structured on a regional basis. This system has provided a high level of care …

THERE IS NO'best-buy'system of medical and health care in the world. All systems of health
care have to be based on and adapted to national and local characters. The British system …

In Reply.—It would certainly be most unfortunate if I had failed to understand the basic ideas
of Swedish medical care. During my recent testimony in Washington, DC, for the …

The idea of a National Health Service is not new. It has exercised the minds of medical
authorities for many years. However, in 1944, the Government, guided largely by a very able …

Doctors are the highest paid professional group in Sweden and the high rate of taxation
there is a powerful disincentive to work. So discussions on conditions of service tend to …

The erection of several big new modern hospitals has been characteristic of the 1950s and
1960s. At present Swedenhas 18 hospital beds per 1,000 inhabitants which is highest in the …

In many ways we are living in an era of revival or renaissance of general practice in Western
industrialised countries. Among the many expressions of this phenomenon are the shortage …