The hidden depth of the rural primary care shortage
Today I am a urologist, a cardiologist, a psychiatrist, a rheumatologist. But truly, I am a rural family medicine doctor in one of the most underserved counties in the country. And I am tired.
I do not pretend to have the depth of each specialist. What I have is necessity, a toolkit built on scarcity. Practicing medicine on an island, where specialists are rare, calendars are full for months, and visiting …
