A House Officer Looks at Medical Student Activism
FITZHUGH MULLAN M.D.1
1 Resident, department of pediatrics, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, N. Y.
The author discusses the effect of house officership on former activist students. While the pressures of time, tradition, and responsibility discourage activism in interns and residents, they have a unique opportunity to help bring about change on such issues as patient care and municipal hospital reform.
