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Medical Care in Rural America |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Julia E. Connelly |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 4,700 Words, 29,506 Characters |
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For seven years, I have practiced medicine in rural Virginia. Our county's population is about eighteen thousand, and that of the town where I practice is four thousand, give or take a few. Although there is no hospital in our county and only two sites for plain x-rays--there are no CT scans, MRIs, barium studies, or even mammography machines--some dozen or so physicians practice medicine here. All of the physicians are primary-care doctors--some are family practitioners, some are general internists, and some are general practitioners. Whatever academic titles these practitioners hold, the community expects them to be able to manage most medical problems. On my first day in the community, a woman asked me, "What kind of doctor are you?" As I explained to her that I am a general internist, ...
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...proving the system and alternative means for accomplishing the goal are set forth. Perhaps most important is that the problem is becoming urgent, and many are beginning to discuss the problem with less attention to their personal interests. We need to assume a point of view that asks for what is best for America and Americans, rather than what is best for isolated persons within the system. vbcrlf
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