Who will provide secondary care in rural Canada? of Rural Physicians of Canada = Journal canadien de la medecine rurale : le journal officiel de la Societe de medecine rurale du Canada

摘要

We usually describe the physicians who "work this way as primary-care physicians with additional skills, but this description is not the only possible one. If we ask who should provide secondary care to rural patients, we might be led to the conclusion that for rural populations it should be physicians specifically trained in appropriate secondary care who should also have the skills and attitudes to provide primary care. It's a matter of perspective, but the difference is not trivial.