good of all, and above all, for the protection of the weak."2I submit that, no matter how appealing a marketplace model may seem for the NHS, it is a business model.As such the destruction of either purchaser or provider is eventually certain, with the barbarisation of the survivor.It is not too late for consortiums of purchasers and consortiums of providers to join forces and become one NHS again.
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Billings, J. J. (1993). Natural family planning. Natural methods have cross cultural appeal. *BMJ (Clinical research ed.)*, *307*(6915), 1357. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1357-b
Billings JJ. Natural family planning. Natural methods have cross cultural appeal. BMJ. 1993;307(6915):1357. doi:10.1136/bmj.307.6915.1357-b
Billings, J. J. "Natural family planning. Natural methods have cross cultural appeal." *BMJ (Clinical research ed.)*, vol. 307, no. 6915, 1993, pp. 1357.
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