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Medical School Quotas and National Health:
Discrimination that Hurts Us All
- Abstract
THERE is a well-known joke about the boxer who rushes out of his corner at the opening bell only to run into a barrage of punches that leaves him weak and staggering. At the end of the round the fighter stumbles back to his corner and asks his manager, “How am I doing?”
“Great!” the manager replies. “He hasn’t laid a glove on you.”
Round after round the beating continues, with the fighter being continually reassured: “You’re doing great. He hasn’t laid a glove on you.” Finally, the boxer turns his battered face to the manager and mumbles between swollen lips, “Well, keep an eye on that referee, will you? Somebody’s beating the hell out of me!”
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