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Did Flexner's Report condemn black medical schools? Not so, in my opinion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17019909     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
I invited Kathryn L. Moseley, MD to write the editorial appearing on the pages before this one as to whether she thought that the original Flexner Report was unduly harsh on the existing black medical schools. I invited her to choose whether she wanted to write the "pro" or "con" editorial, and that I would write the opposite piece for the sake of a presentation-although I might not necessarily believe in the position on which I was to write. She elected to write the "yes, it was harmful" piece, and I had to assume the editor's burden. In fact, as I began doing my internal soul searching for answers, I began to believe that the original Flexner Report actually helped preserve two black schools--Howard and Meharry--both of which might well have closed along with the other five schools scattered across the southeast, absent Flexner's direct and tangential support.
Authors:
Eddie L Hoover
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the National Medical Association     Volume:  98     ISSN:  0027-9684     ISO Abbreviation:  J Natl Med Assoc     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-10-05     Completed Date:  2006-11-21     Revised Date:  2009-08-05    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503090     Medline TA:  J Natl Med Assoc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1432-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Buffalo VAMC, 3495 Bailey Ave., Buffalo, NY 14215, USA. eddie.hoover@med.va.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Americans*
Education, Medical / economics*,  standards*
Humans
Prejudice
School Admission Criteria
Schools, Medical / economics*,  standards*
Students, Medical*
United States
Comments/Corrections
Comment On:
J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Sep;98(9):1430-1   [PMID:  17019908 ]

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