Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2010
Journal Title
Wake Forest Law Review
ISSN
0043-003X
Abstract
In 1596, Robert Bainbridge carved “The patient shall conquer” into the wall of his cell in the Tower of London. It is highly unlikely that Bainbridge was an early advocate for recipients of medical care, imprisoned perhaps by a cruel sheriff denied his payroll taxes or by a domineering barber refused his fee. But its unintended meaning would immediately provoke sympathy from many health care reformers. As we confront the critical challenges of implementing national health-care reform, however, whether the patient should conquer is a legitimate topic for debate. Does the patient’s conquest risk the collapse of the health-care system that he or she would dominate? There are several reasons why it might.
First Page
1505
Last Page
1511
Num Pages
7
Volume Number
45
Issue Number
5
Publisher
Wake Forest University School of Law
Recommended Citation
William M. Sage,
Should the Patient Conquer?,
45
Wake Forest L. Rev.
1505
(2010).
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