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David Schechter, MD
UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, Calif

JAMA. 1993;270(23):2807.

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To the Editor.

—I read with interest the Editorial by Dr Johns.¹ It spoke to the need for more generalist physicians and to a redistribution of physicians to areas of need. Both sentiments are ones with which I wholeheartedly agree.

Johns represents The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, an institution that produces many future leaders of our profession. Hence, it is good that he speaks to our national need for more generalist physicians. However, the solution he proposes, mandatory national health service, while worthy of serious discussion, misses a more obvious point.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has neither a department nor a division of family medicine. It is one of some 20 or so remaining medical schools without one (my alma mater, New York University, is another). It seems clear to me that Johns and Johns Hopkins could more simply and directly influence his desired . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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