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Banning G. Lary, MD
Miami, Fla

JAMA. 1993;270(23):2807.

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To the Editor.

—The plan proposed by Dr Johns¹ is a most interesting concept for peacetime medicine. Few physicians have ever failed to serve the poor when called on, and his concepts might work for those willing freely to try them, but for his concepts to be mandatory strikes not only at the heart of medicine, but also the guarantees provided by the Constitution.

Perhaps Johns and interested cohorts could test his hypothesis by leaving their positions at Johns Hopkins and practicing in the location and manner he suggests. Two years may not be enough time to really come to a scientific, definitive conclusion, and I would suggest it be increased to 4 years. Certainly valuable information could be gained if proper statistics were kept and would be invaluable to the physicians who treat patients on a day-to-day basis.

If his experiment succeeds, perhaps it can be continued by . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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