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Mary Rosarii, LCM, RN, MT, PhD

JAMA. 1970;213(12):2054-2057.

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There is little doubt that there is a health care crisis in the United States today. Not only increasing demands for services, but rising costs and manpower shortages have created a situation of nearly catastrophic proportions. The health professionals are now being forced to make major decisions as to the most efficient way to reach the growing population.

The last decade has brought sweeping changes in the American way of life. The potential benefits to society from new technologies and more scientific advances in health care practices have changed the status of health care from that of luxury to absolute necessity.

In recent years, great controversy has arisen over the place of the allied health student as a worker. In researching the literature, it became abundantly clear that few health professionals dared to assume a position contrary to that of their own specific health profession.

The fact of change is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, Ill, and the Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Ill.

Footnotes
Read before the 66th annual Congress on Medical Education, sponsored by the AMA Council on Medical Education, Chicago, Feb 9, 1970.

Reprint requests to 2800 W 95th St, Evergreen Park, Ill 60642 (Sister Rosarii).

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