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Half of U.S. Doctors Plan to Cut Back Work Hours or Quit Medicine Entirely
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
November 19 2008 | 780 views

Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey by the Physicians' Foundation.

While 60 percent of 12,000 general practice physicians found they would not recommend medicine as a career, 76 percent of physicians said they are working at "full capacity" or are "overextended and overworked."

More than 90 percent said the time they devote to non-clinical paperwork has increased in the last three years and 63 percent said this has caused them to spend less time with each patient.

Eleven percent said they plan to retire and 13 percent said they plan to seek a job that removes them from active patient care. Twenty percent said they will cut back on patients seen and 10 percent plan to move to part-time work.

The survey adds to building evidence that not enough internal medicine or family practice doctors are trained or practicing in the United States, although there are plenty of specialist physicians.


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