12 DECEMBER 1952, page 18

Sir,—mr. Herbert Barton's Letter Is To Be Welcomed For The

light it throws on long waits for patients and dumbness in doctors. Another aspect of the tvalth service which I think merits investigation is the question of out-patient......

Letters To The Editor

Doctors and Patients SIR,—Mr. Barton accuses hospital staffs of withholding information of the patient's illness from the patient himself or his relatives, or, alternatively, of......

Sir,—recent Correspondents Are Scarcely Fair To The...

claim that there is much waiting at hospitals is true. It is also true that occasionally it is attributable to a doctor's unpunctuality, but this, 1 believe, is a comparatively......

Is Shaw Dead ?

SIR, — St. John Ervine's further letter leaves me quite unrepentant. I know nothing — of Bernard Shaw's family life other than what he has himself written or caused to be......