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But some people see thei
w well haze of nostalgia, sa
school ? and that can be da
"Every small town wai
Collin Baker, director of \
school's Department of Fa
the hell out of them.
"Small communities ha\
tors have lives of their owi
leave a general practitione
relatively few years, witho
up with new developments i
Add to this a small town's
^ inadequate schools, Baker
^ convince medical school g
need to offer more than goo
The solution, according
numbers.
"Our residents are rec
groups," Baker said. "We t
as a solo practitioner. Dc
someone."
Baker said the idea situal
creation of regional health
doctors. This way, he said,
and always have someone
opinion.
^ Many small-town, fami
j ^ practice quit after a feu
specialists, Baker said, but
Nationwide, Baker said,
students enter practice as I
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raduates to practice there. "Yo
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do that, he said.
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was retroactive to July 1.
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