Author's Preface

Whether one believes in the Welfare State or not, whether one prefers some form of governmentaliza tion in medicine or not are matters of basic phil osophy. But the rational man submits his convictions to the acid test of experience. The purpose is to apply the test. The reader may draw his own conclusions. The author is fully aware that documentation at every point could only have been presented in this volume.by the addition of appendices which would have swamped the reader. This study could not have been"completed ill the very short time at my disposal, without the stimulat ing advice and help of European experts,· including scheme and panel officials,doctors, businessmen and· others. Naming them individually is prohibited ·by their large number. But acknowledgment is due m~ secretary, Miss Colina Clow, for her help in the arduous technical job involved, and Miss Elenor Galusha· (Chicago) for her thorough work in editing the manuscript.

Chicago, December, 1949.