Primary Care Internal Medicine

Clinical Care

Primary Care Internal Medicine

December 1, 2008

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The number of of medical students preparing to graduate who plan to practice primary care internal medicine, further evidence of a decline of doctors entering primary care disciplines, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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