Religious discrimination in the admission of students to medical schools is one of the reasons for a shortage of doctors in the United States, according to a report published by the New York Times.
In its exhaustive survey of medical shortage, the Times states that it is difficult to substantiate charges of discrimination because “if it exists, it is never admitted.” The article, however, cites a 1953 survey that demonstrated that it was easier for a Protestant student to enter a New York State medical school than a Catholic, and harder still for a Jew than for a Catholic.
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