The medical profession has long employed the state to pad doctor salaries and influence. Before the Flexner Report, mechanics made more than doctors and the brightest students avoided the profession to enter the clergy.
Narrated by Daniella Bassi.
Original Article: “The Flexner Report and Our Modern Medical Cartel“.
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