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Robert Katz, MD
New York

JAMA. 1970;213(10):1686.

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To the Editor.—

The value of peer review is recognized by the majority of physicians and the need for such review has been proved on many occasions. Peer review is organized medicine's attempt to maintain quality medical care at reasonable cost in a respective geographic area.

Of the large number of physicians who readily identify with their professional organization, hardly any present problems to a peer review committee. In many instances, however, the physician involved may be a nonmember or be affiliated with the county society where he resides rather than the one where his office is located. On occasions, considerable reluctance is exhibited by county societies to review cases involving physicians who do not maintain membership in their society. It is deemed proper and necessary, therefore, to stress several aspects of peer review to those county societies, so that they may fulfill the obligations of our profession to the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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