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To the Editor: Annas (Aug. 24 issue),¹ in his well-thought-out article "Medicine, Death, and the Criminal Law," shows that physicians who continue to hold to the tradition of putting the patient's interests first have little to fear from the criminal legal system, even as prosecutors in criminal cases begin to look more closely at the gross misconduct of physicians. However, his statements in regard to the Smith and Geary cases in Wisconsin may bring a chill to the hearts of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) across the country.

To my knowledge, cervical cytologic screening has never been proved to decrease mortality . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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