|Slideshows|August 10, 2016

8 Reasons to Become a Primary-Care Physician

Why go into primary care? Physicians and medical students have their own reasons and share with us why it's a viable area of medicine.

As the nation faces a shortage of primary-care physicians in the coming years, there are many reasons for young physicians to consider this profession - from personal fulfillment to compensation. Here, both medical students and family physicians weigh in on what drew them to primary care.

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