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Shortage of Family Doctors
Family doctors leaving practices
Family doctors increasingly are leaving their practices despite growing need
By Bob LaMendola | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
November 17, 2008
Family doctors are fading from their role as the glue of health care, as more leave the field for greener pastures and fewer young doctors replace them.
South Florida has been hit hard, with dozens or even hundreds of primary-care doctors giving up their practices in recent years because of slow-growing income, increased business headaches and unpredictable hours.
