Doctors predict family physician shortage
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A doctors group expects a serious shortfall of family physicians in at least five states by 2020.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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New guidelines restricting the patients that GPs can refer to hospital will mean cancers are missed, warn doctors.
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PORTLAND, Maine - A federal plan to steer shipments of influenza shots to high-need patients could ease MaineÂ´s critical shortage, but the stateÂ´s top public health official worries that it may not be enough.
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Out-of-hours GP services are suffering because of a lack of funding from regional health bosses, doctors say.
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Doctors from overseas wanting to work in the UK can expect long periods of unemployment, warn experts.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into if insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.
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Many people who rely on government health insurance for the poor have to search harder to find a doctor and increasingly are going to large practices, a study shows.
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The United States needs more black,  Hispanic and American Indian doctors and nurses if minorities  have any hope of catching up to whites in terms of the quality  and accessibility of health care, a special commission said on  Monday.
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Nearly half of all family doctors have annual earnings in excess of Â£100,000, figures show.
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GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.
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OTTAWA - Female family doctors are poised to dominate the field in Canada, altering the type of services provided, according to a new study.
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Workload and doctors who don&#39;t have enough time for patients are cited as causes of medical errors. By Lee Bowman / Scripps Howard News Service.
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Almost nine million people miss GP appointments each year, a survey has suggested.
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A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough.
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Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.
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Race appears to be a factor in how doctors communicate with their patients, according to a new study of primary care visits conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine.