Peace on Earth, Good Health for Men

Abstract

Approximately one year ago we wrote that there was no current or impending physician glut and that the entire alleged problem of physician overabundance or underabundance was simply one of massive maldistribution on a neighborhood, city, state, regional, national, or continental basis. 1 We documented that there was a giant imbalance in the doctor import-export ratios and that our country's 50:1 positive balance of trade of doctors was embarrassing. We suggested that an appropriate role for a developed country to play in 1984 was to export physicians to a world in need. 2 The response was overwhelming. We obviously struck a very responsive cord among many physicians whose zest for doing interesting and exciting things or whose penchant for altruism was ripe. Many of you wrote us and asked what you could do and where you could go. But we didn't know, except in very general ways. So we set