Too few doctors--or too many?
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THIS conclusion has led the Royal Commission to recommend doubling the existing numbers of doctors within the next 30 years. This is an expensive proposal that is likely to add many millions of pounds to the annual budget of the nation. It requires careful examination. Estimates of medical manpower requirements are fraught with difficulties and hazards. The proposals of the Willink Committee (1957) were shattered by Lafitte and Squire (1960) and few of the recommendations of the Platt Report (1961) have been fully implemented. In view of past experiences, are the present Royal Commission's proposals any more reliable? The following observations suggest that their case is 'not proven'.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 17 83 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1969