The Doctor's Dilemma (play)

The Doctor's Dilemma
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
Date premiered20 November 1906
Place premieredRoyal Court Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
SubjectA doctor must decide who will receive scarce life-saving treatment
Genreproblem play
SettingA doctor's consulting room; an artist's studio

The Doctor's Dilemma is a play by George Bernard Shaw first staged in 1906. It was published in 1909. It is a problem play about the moral dilemmas created by limited medical resources, and the conflicts between the demands of private medicine as a business and a vocation.

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