MEDICAL PRACTICE
It seems regrettable that your correspondents Messrs. Algie and Howitt did not acquaint themsctvts with the appeal made by younan members of the B.M.A. for a radical departure from the obsolete system of control and for a complete reorganisation of medical and hospital services. It is felt by the younger men that strict adherence to the existing system under changed conditions must result in the individual doctor becoming unable to do the job and that as time goes on the position will get worse, so a substitute group or team work is suggested with a salaried service. If the new proposal were adopted the competitive appeal of individual doctors would cease and also probably the present botch of a Government heaith scheme would also disappear. The advantages of the suggested new scheme of clinic* practice. according to the view of a wellknown Auckland specialist, wouM be quicker and more efficient service to all patients, better conditions for doctors and ample scope for preventive medicine—ideals which arc impossible under the existing system of medical practice. JOHN GUINIVEJf.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 283, 29 November 1941, Page 6
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