Theodore Dalrymple

Sick, thick and dangerous

Inner-city doctors need police protection from thugs demanding prescriptions, says Theodore Dalrymple

issue 23 August 2003

As a conservative, I am against all unnecessary change, of course, but I welcome innovation that improves the quality of life. Thus I rejoice to learn that certain doctors in my neck of the woods are now conducting clinics for difficult and challenging (i.e., violent and dangerous) patients in local police stations.

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