Saving (Internal) Medicine

  1. Richard L. Neubauer, MD
  1. From Providence Hospital, Anchorage, AK 99508.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    We should not be surprised by the observation that the exodus from careers in general internal medicine may be more rapid than previously recognized (1, 2), and this should be a warning to those interested in the health and welfare of the United States. To me, a practicing generalist, these observations validate what seems apparent in the day-to-day practice of medicine: Physicians and trainees are speaking with their feet by fleeing …

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