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Jonathan D. Berman, MD
Silver Spring, Md

JAMA. 1978;240(8):736.

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To the Editor.—

In the study of the psychiatric house staff strike at Lincoln Hospital (239:1056, 1978), the authors point out that the psychological support necessary to go on strike derived in substantial measure from the atypical situation at Lincoln. The strikers were all foreign medical graduates; the senior staff was supportive; the house staff decided to protect themselves by abiding by majority rule; community deterioration reinforced radical thinking.

However, such actions can occur even where house staff conditions might be regarded as more atypical. In the spring of 1975, the Committee of Interns and Residents called a strike at many New York City hospitals, including my own, the wellknown Mount Sinai Hospital. At Mount Sinai, the vast majority of house staff were American-educated white men. The senior staff was generally perceived as unsympathetic. In comparison, strike leaders were careful to coerce no one, and majority rule was not considered. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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