Hamilton J
CMAJ. 1995 Jul 15;153(2):197-200.
Physicians in rural Canada face much different problems than their counterparts in large cities, a recent conference for rural physicians was told. For instance, rural areas may be decimated by funding caps because "they didn't have any resources to give up in the first place," said Dr. Ken Babey. He said rural physicians don't want to create divisiveness between urban and rural doctors, "but people don't realize that when they do something that has a big impact on the doctors who practise in cities and suburban areas, it has a disastrous impact on us." Rural doctors are attempting to organize so they can present a united front; in Nova Scotia, physicians recently formed a Section of Rural Practice.
一场近期面向乡村医生的会议获悉，加拿大乡村地区的医生面临着与大城市同行截然不同的问题。例如，乡村地区可能因资金上限而遭受重创，肯·巴比博士表示，“因为他们一开始就没有任何资源可以割舍”。他说，乡村医生并不想在城乡医生之间制造分歧，“但人们没有意识到，当他们做出的某些事对在城市和郊区执业的医生产生重大影响时，对我们来说则是灾难性的”。乡村医生正试图组织起来，以便能形成统一战线；在新斯科舍省，医生们最近成立了一个乡村医疗实践部门。
