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Is there a doctor in the house

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A medical emergency is spreading : the phenomenon of medical deserts. Across Europe, rural areas are increasingly lacking in doctors, as older practitioners go into retirement, and younger ones favor the lifestyle of the city. We investigate how they might be lured back to the country and meet some of the foreign doctors being parachuted in to plug the gaps.

By Catherine Nicholson

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