The Disappearing Family Doctor?

A new report by a physician's group says that there will be a shortage of family doctors by 2010. We'll look at the state of primary care here in New Hampshire, how healthy it is or isn't and what factors may be contributing to a decline in both doctors going into primary care and those running successful practices. Laura's guests are Gary Woods, past president of the New Hampshire Medical Society and a physician specializing in hand surgery with Concord Orthopaedics, and Gail Fayre, Program Director for the NH-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency at Concord Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine. We'll also hear from Dr. Rick Kellerman, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians who released the study on family doctors, Terry Bennett, a General Practitioner, and Matt Masewic, a family physician who is shutting down his practice, Boscowen Family Practice, after two years of operation due to financial strain.