Rhetorical Question—Not Statement of Fact

To the Editor. —

I wish to thank the editors ofThe Journalfor publishing my commentary, "Family Practice: Here Today, Gone (Again) Tomorrow" (238:217, 1977). However, I would like to point out an important editorial error. This was in failing to put a question mark after the title. At first glance, one might interpret my comments as a prognostication of an eventual failure and demise of the specialty of family practice. The content of...