Int J Health Serv
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By drawing on a wide range of material, a picture emerges of extensive abuse, discrimination, and exploitation of women and ethnic minorities at the hands of the American health industry. The numbers of minorities and women in professional schools and among the "elite" strata of the industry remain disproportionately low. As patients, they receive often inferior, insensitive treatment. Overall, there is a remarkable similarity in the situation of women and minorities, a condition which reflects the pervasiveness of racism and sexism in American institutions and ideologies.
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This paper analyzes four basic reasons for curtailing the number of foreign medical graduates (FMGs) entering the United States: the loss to less-developed countries, the possible lower quality of medical care delivered by FMGs, the inability of all U. S. citizens who desire to receive a medical education to do so, and the fear of a possible surplus of physicians in the U. ⋯ Based on the options proposed for reducing the number of FMGs, the conclusion is reached that the primary concern at present is an oversupply of U. S. physicians.