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Family medicine is the kind of revolution we want to join

by Christina Palmer It never surprised me when my medical school classmates said they would "never do family medicine." I knew exactly how they felt: why would we choose to go into a field where physicians are undervalued, underpaid, buried…

by Christina Palmer

It never surprised me when my medical school classmates said they would “never do family medicine.”

I knew exactly how they felt: why would we choose to go into a field where physicians are undervalued, underpaid, buried under administrative paperwork, and where patients do not get the time or attention that they need?

Despite the warnings against it, I am pursuing family medicine as …

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Family medicine is the kind of revolution we want to join