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To the Editor: The A Piece of My Mind article by Dr Jackson¹ brought to mind the use of the word "Kamerad" for persons of all ranks by the Communists after the Russian revolution as a device to destroy the power and influence of the former power structure. I hope it is not paranoid to suspect that the health care industry has sought to eliminate the words "doctor" and "patient" for the same reason.

C. Brooks Henderson, MD
Dunnellon, Fla

1. Jackson WC. In a word. JAMA. 1998;280:493-494. FREE FULL TEXT

To the Editor: Dr Jackson¹ makes a number of interesting points, but his definition of "customer" is not quite in keeping with the bottom line–oriented medical philosophy of this day as practiced by some groups. A customer is one who buys.² At one time all of us were paid fees or wages and from these we bought medical care. Somehow this money was taken away from us in a paper . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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