MEDICAL SOCIETIES
GRAND JURY INDICTMENT GROUP DOCTORS OPPOSED (Received December 21, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 A Federal Grand Jury has indicted the American Medical Association, three local medical societies and 21 prominent physicians for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, which was designed to prevent restraint of trade or commerce. ,
The Grand Jury found that the association had taken active steps in opposing experiments in group health care. Expulsion from membership of the association deprives group doctors of their rights and injures their professional standing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23227, 22 December 1938, Page 12
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