LETTER
A Conflict of Interest "Revisited": The Use of Stereotypes
Herman O. Klein, MD
15 May 1994 | Volume 120 Issue 10 | Pages 893-894
TO THE EDITOR:
Perhaps it is only my Semitic sensibility, but I can't escape the feeling that the name Isadore Lavinsky for the unethical lawyer in Dr. LaCombe's story [1] (in contrast to the "virtuous" lawyer who is describing Lavinsky) is so obviously Jewish that it seems designed to arouse anti-Semitic or latent anti-Semitic feelings in the reader. Are we witnessing the beginning of some coming anti-Semitic campaign in the guise of freedom of speech by amateur author physicians? Would Dr. LaCombe have countenanced a similar jibe at his own ancestors or coreligionists? Or did the editor of this rubric "On Being a Doctor" simply lack sensitivity to the obvious anti-Jewish slur?
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Meir General Hospital; Kafar Saba; Israel
1. LaCombe MA. A conflict of interest. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 119: 623-6.
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