"A M*A*S*H Note for Docs"
Speech
By: Alan Alda
Date: May 28, 1979
Source: Alda, Alan. "A M*A*S*H Note for Docs." Time, May 28, 1979, 68.
About the Author: Alan Alda (1936–) was born in New York City and began acting at age sixteen. His role as Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce in the television program M*A*S*H made his reputation. He has been nominated for twenty-nine Emmy Awards, winning five times. He has also won three Directors Guild Awards, six Golden Globes, and seven People's Choice Awards. In 1994, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
Introduction
The intimacy of the relationship between physician and patient diminished, many observers believed, as physician incomes grew, particularly during the 1960s. From 1962 to 1969, the median salary of male physicians and surgeons nearly doubled. By 1969, physicians earned more than twenty-five times the income of...
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