BMJ  2008;336:894 (19 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39552.500556.94

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Are there too many middle class doctors?

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I have a copy of War and Peace but got so confused by all the names that I stopped at page 6. I fret about the environment but have two cars and fly away for holidays. I want my children to be happy but want them to do well at school. I feel guilty about the problems of the inner city but live in my own suburban ghetto. I am now thoroughly middle class, although I wasn’t always.

Recently the sex selection of medical graduates has been a topic of discussion (BMJ 2008;336:748 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.491065.94 and 2008;336:749 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.566701.94). Unfortunately such discussion often descends into the tired rhetoric and stereotypes of the past, but the answer is obvious to me: medical students should be selected on merit alone. That said, attempts should be made to promote a sex balance in medicine that reflects the population, for although you . . . [Full text of this article]

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