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Rural practice: Perceptions and experience

Quick View. Jan. 28, 2008.

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Doctors give their views on temporary work in rural areas.

Staffing firm LocumTenens.com surveyed physicians about their experiences with and attitudes about practicing in rural areas, defined as having a population of 50,000 or fewer. The company does at least 60% of its business in rural areas and is among many that say work-force shortages are more acute in smaller communities.

This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following source:

"Practicing Medicine in Rural America" survey, LocumTenens.com, December 2007.

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