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The article discusses the significance for medical personnel to ensure quality of medical care provided to patients in the U.S. It notes that thousands of patients die needlessly or have the quality of their remaining life irreparably damaged due to incompetent medical care by physicians, stressing that few standards of ethics or practice have been set within the American Medical Association (AMA). Harvard University professor of legal medicine William Curan emphasizes the importance of including medical ethics which focuses more on patients' rights and patients' equity in medical care in medical schools curriculum.

The article discusses the U. of M. Interns and Residents Association, a union organized by its president, Jay Harness, along with other fellow physicians in the U.S. It states that organizing a union is the only way in which employees can protect themselves from being exploited by their employers. It notes that the rising trend of organizing unions has alarmed the American Medical Association (AMA). It also points out that like other labor organizations, some doctors' unions are formed to acquire more money from their members. Moreover, it mentions the issue of the handling of health-insurance claims and emphasizes that strikes are something unthinkable for doctors.

The article focuses on the effort by a group of medical men, with the funding from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), to develop health centers across U.S. to solve medical poverty. It says that the effort was started by doctor H. Jack Geiger, who believes that it is necessary to help the rural areas and the Negro ghettos to counter urban crisis. It adds that OEO had allocated 94 million dollars for 51 neighborhood health centers, of which 33 are operating and 18 are being organized.

The article focuses on the success of the approval of Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. It states that the Medicare has two parts wherein in Part A, the hospital bills of older people aging 65 will be paid by the Social Security Administration funds while in Part B, the patient can reimburse 80% of their bills. It says that the Medicaid will only give five essential services including doctor's care, in-patient and out-patient hospital care, and the nursing-home benefits.

The article focuses on the problem of disposing of disposable medical supplies by hospitals. It states that to reduce the risk of spread of infections, hospitals use disposable supplies including presterilized surgical masks and drapes, oxygen canopies, and hypodermic syringes and needles. It states that the majority of hospitals in the U.S. are facing problems disposing huge amount of garbage.

Information about the annual convention of the American Medical Association (AMA) in Manhattan on how to oppose the medicare proposal of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson is presented. It notes on the official position that Government financing of health care for the aged will bring Government control and deterioration in the quality of care. Also discussed in the convention is the issue that doctors would boycott medicare if the Administration's bill is enacted.