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JAMA. 1970;213(6):1027-1028.

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In his Lowell Lecture, "Why Does Medical Care Cost So Much?" McNerney¹ contends at the outset that we have enough health manpower. As his essay continues, it becomes clear that he means enough physicians, for he advocates training more physician-assistants to whom specific tasks can be delegated.

We believe that McNerney is wrong about the supply of physicians and that the two principal reasons he uses for not increasing the supply can be countered. First, he cites the enormity of costs for construction of new medical schools. There is no denying that fact, but there are other ways to increase the output by existing schools. In an earlier editorial, we quoted Bogdonoff and believe the quotation deserves repetition.²

University medical centers must expand immediately and they must unbend themselves from an oh-so-precious posture that the total flow of manpower will be determined by the valve-like function of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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