INTRODUCTION

To begin, it is important to introduce the two authors of this paper. Richard Grant is an orthopedic surgeon with national credentials serving on numerous governing boards. Michael Boylan is a philosopher who has written on medical ethics. The two of us began this paper over a year ago in various discussions we had together and decided that given what we feel is an increasingly hostile climate to minorities in the United States, it was time for those who felt differently to speak out.

Our argument is rather simple in design. We intend to show that there are moral and prudential justifications for proportional diversity within the professions in general and among orthopedic surgeons in particular. After setting out these arguments, we suggest several first steps toward the implementation of our prescription. discount drugs canda