RT Journal
A1 Quinn RE
T1 THe family doctor
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD January 24
VO 169
IS 4
SP 410
OP 410
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03000210104022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03000210104022
AB To the Editor:— 
    In the correspondence section of The Journal, Dec. 6, 1958, page 1929, an interesting letter by Dr. Leo J. DeBacker appears in reference to an article by Dr. Wheatley. Both doctors suggested remedies for the deplorable situation of boredom in which some pediatricians seem to find themselves. It is remarkable to me that an obvious solution has not occurred to either author. It seems self-evident that our medical school faculties should orient themselves more strongly to inducing young men to go into the field of general practice rather than glamorizing the specialties. Rather than the pediatrician being the family doctor of the future, I believe that the family doctor is the qualified man in the present and the future. If any young medical student will switch his interest from pediatrics to general practice, I can guarantee he may get tired, but never bored.