STAT July 6, 2024
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others.
To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.
“Psychiatrists aren’t fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training,” by Richard G. Frank
While I appreciate the sentiment, this article is incomplete at best, and oversimplifies a complex calculus. Physician training is, of course, subsidized by the Medicare and Medicaid systems; most residency positions...
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