Black physicians and minority group health care--the impact of NMF

This paper is part of a study conducted in 1973-1974 to assess the programs of National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF). NMF is a private organization founded in 1946 to improve medical services to black communities and, later, to all minority groups. The approach of NMF was to provide aid for train...

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Published inMedical care Vol. 14; no. 12; p. 1052
Main Authors Reitzes, D C, Elkhanialy, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1976
Subjects
African Americans
Certification
Education, Medical, Graduate
Faculty, Medical
Fellowships and Scholarships
Humans
Institutional Practice
Medicine
Minority Groups
Organizations
Physicians - supply & distribution
Prejudice
Private Practice
Quality of Health Care
Specialization
United States
United States
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Summary:This paper is part of a study conducted in 1973-1974 to assess the programs of National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF). NMF is a private organization founded in 1946 to improve medical services to black communities and, later, to all minority groups. The approach of NMF was to provide aid for training of black physicians. Data from questionnaire returns from NMF grant recipients and from "other" black physicians, as well as records of the organization, indicate that NMF was successful in increasing the number of black physicians who have specialty board certification, who have faculty appointments at predominantly white medical schools, and who have staff appointments at predominantly white hospitals. NMF recipients also were active in breaking down racial barriers. However, the data we collected do not indicate that these developments have improved the medical services to lower class minority communities.
ISSN:0025-7079