The new president of an organization representing 22,00C general practitioners said here Friday that "selfish and- unscrupulous" policies within the medical profession are hamstringing non-specialized doctors to the detriment of the nation's health.
Making * the accusation was Dr. Malcolm E. Phelps, installed earlier this week as president of the American Academy of General Practice.
Dr. Phelps, an El Reno, Okla., general practitioner — and himself a former specialist — declared that medical specialists are elbowing the general physician out of hospitals and discouraging the training of doctors to serve rural areas where few health services exist.
PHOTO: BETWEEN SESSIONS of the 1957 Invitational Scientific Congress of the American Academy of General Practice, held Friday in the Roosevelt hotel, Dr. J. C. Sanders (left), Shreve-port, president of the Louisiana Academy of General Practice, confers with Dr. Malcolm E. Phelps, El Reno, Okla., newly installed president of the national group.
