BMJ 2004;329 (7 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7461.0-a
Overseas visitors should have access to free NHS care
An ethical debate by Pollard and Savulescu argues that far from restricting care we should provide access to free NHS care for overseas visitors and people of uncertain residential status (p346). To highlight the ethical dilemma they use the example of an African woman who is found to be HIV positive on antenatal screening and is denied access to a consultant because she cannot produce a passport. An editorial on page 303 about identity cards for UK citizens raises similar questions.
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