The Flexner Report is a book-length study of medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flexner and published in 1910 under the aegis of the Carnegie Foundation.
The AMA (American Medical Association) lobbies congress to ‘strengthen’ licensure and allow AMA offices to oversee who may or may not become a doctor. Women and African-Americans were limited in the field. The AMA is granted sole governorship, and immediately begins closing and consolidating medical schools, limiting supply.
Source Links:
- WikiPedia: The Flexner Report
- The Flexner Report (PDF) from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- PubMed Central: The Flexner Report of 1910 and Its Impact on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Psychiatry in North America in the 20th Century
- PubMed Central: The Flexner Report ― 100 Years Later
- JSTOR Daily: The 1910 Report That Disadvantaged Minority Doctors
- NPR: The Flexner Report And Medical Education