Show Medical Journal Asserts Doctors Dodge Late Calls Many CHICAGO CHICAGO Many physicians do dodge the making of calls on patients in the late hours of the night or early morning The Journal of the American Medical association made this accusation accusation accusation ac ac- ac- ac in commenting on recent complaints of this nature from from many sections of the country Some cities the Journal reported have set up machinery for meeting the demands for emergency medical medical medical medi medi- cal service 24 hours a day through a physicians' physicians telephone exchange The exchange maintains a list of physicians willing to make calls at night or to respond to the calls of persons unknown to them Actually comparatively few night calls' calls are so urgent that harm would result from postponing responses responses re re- re- re I until morning the Journal said Nevertheless the I patient who su liU ers pain cain or the millner who is frig T J over ov over r a a aco co condition f fh hn her child that she does not understand is little Interested in explanations as to the percentage of emergency calls that are not really emergencies emer emer- The Journal quoted the principles principle of ethics which read A physician Is la free to choose whom he will serve He should however always respond to any request request request re re- quest for his assistance In an emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency or whenever temperate public pub pub- lie lic opinion expects his service I |