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Subject: Re: Socialized medicine UK: Most Brits have to win the lottery to Posted on: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:35:11 -0400

Alan S wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:38:17 GMT, john_kulp@hotmail.com
> (John Kulp) wrote:
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>>Just out of curiousity, why do you call these offices surgeries?
>>Aren't they just normal doctor's offices?
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> Standard usage in Oz, and I believe in the UK. The surgery
> is the place where a GP practises medicine, whether or not
> actual surgery is performed there.
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The term is also used for MPs and MSPs, for the meetings they have with
their constituents.