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Alan P. Zelicoff, MD
Albuquerque

JAMA. 1989;261(4):556.

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To the Editor. —

Among the many well-known problems summarized by Dr Cotton,¹ none is of greater concern than finding adequate numbers of well-trained physicians and other providers to care for the ever increasing population of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex. Dr Cotton suggests that the general internist is the most appropriate specialist to direct the care of the patient with AIDS. While this assertion may or may not be true, it is likely to occur by default, as family practitioners will doubtless hide behind their professed inadequacy to treat AIDS and subspecialists will decline by virtue of their "focused, hospital-based" training. Yet, a simple calculation demonstrates that Dr Cotton's prescription falls far short of the mark unless there is a clear commitment to adequate funding for AIDS care.

Let us make the following assumptions: (1) There are likely to be about a million patients . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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