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They say the medical profession is not as appealing as it was twenty years ago. With increased government regulation and a tarnished public image of doctors, less students have opted for a career in medicine.
As a result, schools like Harvard are trying to improve the profession's image the only way they can--by producing more compassionate, well-rounded doctors. Yet to do that, the schools must first make sure that they have a sufficient supply of talented applicants--a task which is becoming...
In general, students and administrators agree,the medical profession's status has diminishedover the last few years. Most say that doctors donot command as much public respect as they usedto.
Perhaps inevitably, the cloud of the new celebrity journalism hangs now over even the most rarefied atmosphere in our profession, the New York Times. Forget how confused the Times was about what to do with the Trump story. In that same week the Times also found the need to review...
Strasser now dabbles in industrial design and ultimately, he says, he "will ! probably turn into an architect." His extraordinary aesthetic and worldly success is, of course, a function of his talent and intelligence. But it is also, he believes, a product of Texas laissez-faire can-doism. "I'm clearly...