Willingness to pay in medical education

摘要

Dear Editor:In the UK and in many other countries throughout the world,medical students are paying for their medical education^([1]).They might be paying the entire fee or a sizable proportion of it-but many of them are increasingly making a contribution.As students make more of a contribution,inevitably they will start to see themselves not just as passive recipients of a medical education but rather as purchasers,and purchasers with rights.Some providers of medical education might see this as a threat but it may also be an opportunity.In other industries and even within