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Narrative Matters

Crossing The Atlantic

WHEN I MOVED FROM THE UNITED STATES TO ENGLAND, I expected a nearly idyllic version of health care, a system that had achieved what we in the U.S. struggle to build, a system both sophisticated and equitable. It was not what I found.

Let me say at the outset that many of my experiences came from navigating the National Health Service (NHS) on behalf my younger daughter, who has a combination of developmental delays, learning disabilities, fine motor deficits, and severe inattention. Her lack of a unifying diagnosis makes her complicated—a challenge for our family and for any . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Slowly, Slowly

 

The National Health Service Reality

 

Enough

 

From Both Sides Now

 

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