To the Editor: Many articles have recently appeared concerning the shortage of physicians and the maldistribution of those in clinical practice.At the same time more attention is finally being focused on the problem of suicide and suicidal risks (for example, the article by Havens in the January 26 issue). However a serious problem that has been neglected is that of suicides among physicians.I have recently completed an analysis of suicides among physicians from data obtained from the Journal of the American Medical Association. During the period February 7, 1966, to February 7, 1967, there was a total . . .