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James W. Meade, MD
Liverpool, NY

JAMA. 1970;212(9):1526.

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To the Editor.—

As one who trained back in the "good old days" when interns were paid a negligible stipend, and who now actively engages in the teaching of house officers in both a private and a university hospital, I have heard numerous hospital administrators voice complaints similar to those delivered in the editorial, "What Price Interns" (211:1369, 1970), on the increasing cost of house officers. I believe these are largely unjustified.

Senior physicians often comment that "when I was an intern we got $25 a month." However, in 1939 the average income of physicians was approximately $4,000 a year, while in 1967 it ranged from $32,000 to $50,000 plus, depending on one's specialty. If we as practicing physicians can live in affluence I do not see why our junior colleagues should not be paid wages commensurate with engineers, chemists, and others in their age group. This also does . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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