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Article: Medicine, Losing Its Appeal; Daunted by High Tuitions and More Moderate Incomes, Students Shy Away From Medical School
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- The Washington Post
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- August 30, 1988
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Declining enrollments at medical schools reflect major changes in
the practice of medicine that have taken away some of its luster as a
career choice in the 1980s.
Fewer people applied to American medical schools last year than
in any year since 1970, and medical enrollment continued a six-year
decline.
There were 28,123 applicants to the nation's 127 medical schools
for the 1987-88 academic year, down 10 percent from the previous year
and down 31 percent from 10 years ago, the Journal of the American
Medical Association reported last week.
"There's a clear trend that the number of applicants to medical
school has been decreasing-and decreasing substantially," said Anne
E. Crowley, ...