Summary
The May-June 1977 issue of HealthPAC Bulletin focuses on the persistent underrepresentation of minority students in U.S. medical schools, highlighting that despite some gains in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the situation has not significantly improved. The issue discusses the implications of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Bakke case, which challenges affirmative action policies in medical school admissions. It also features a retrospective on medical education since the Flexner report, revealing that the demographics of medical students remain largely unchanged over the decades. Notable columns address issues of healthcare costs, women's rights, and the Delaney Amendment, while a media scan reviews Michel Foucault's work on medical perception.
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Despite small gains made in the late 1960s and early 1970s, minority students are increasingly underrepresented in US medical schools.
Although there are many more women and a few more minority students, the backgrounds of today's medical school enrollees are hardly distinguishable from that of their predecessors of a half century ago.
An analysis of the implications of President Carter's hospital cost containment program and its potential effects on healthcare delivery.
The conflict between population control groups and those committed to patients' rights culminates in the approval of citywide sterilization guidelines.
The controversy surrounding saccharin highlights the complexities of food additive regulations and the implications of the Delaney Amendment.
Michel Foucault's analysis of medical experience in France from 1776 to 1816 reveals fundamental changes in the conception of disease.
A collection of brief reports on various health-related issues, including the swine flu vaccine program and its implications.
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