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To the Editor: The Sounding Board by Cohen (Dec. 9 issue)¹ nicely summarized the 1993 academic consensus "proposal to regulate graduate medical education." The number of residency positions would be reduced. The number of generalists (general internists, general pediatricians, and family physicians) would be almost doubled. Some obstetricians and gynecologists may be designated as generalists. And because "general surgery, psychiatry, and preventive medicine are deemed to be in short supply . . . [they] would presumably be spared any reductions." It would be unfortunate if this simplistic approach limited the depth of political consensus in 1994.

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