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John C. Lewin, MD
PHS Indian Health Center Kayenta, Ariz

JAMA. 1975;231(6):569.

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To the Editor.—

The recent MEDICAL NEWS article (230:803, 1974) on the problems and rewards of medical practice on an isolated Indian reservation pleased me very much. The reactions of other physicians have been pouring in from all over, and I believe that Kayenta won't have any recruitment problems for a couple more years! People have offered to help us out during their vacations; a physician in the Food and Drug Administration (at the GS-15 level) called me and said he'd "give up the $100,000 house and his city life if we had a physician slot open"! Two medical students requested that we "save them spaces" here in two or three years.

Mr. Sampson represented my opinions in a truly skillful, thoughtful, and professional manner. The article is bound to help my patients here in Kayenta, and for that, for them, and for myself, I thank you. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Edited by John D. Archer, MD, Senior Editor.

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