Thanatology and Medical Economics
- 3 March 1977
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 296 (9) , 511-513
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197703032960911
Abstract
The New England Journal of Medicine, like some ink-and-paper chameleon, is changing before our eyes. Once charged by and reflecting a sense of the power of the human mind to enhance the well-being of our species, the Journal now mirrors and intensifies the demoralization that is steadily engulfing the scientific community.We have been told that various economic dislocations make it necessary for this country to reconsider its priorities, to husband its dwindling resources and to cut back expenditures on items that are not of vital national import. For the scientific community in general, this step has meant a . . .Keywords
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