Why the best and the brightest need to be in primary care

Robert Centor: “We need the best and brightest to understand why you are short of breath, or why your abdomen hurts, or why you feel weak. If you start with a subspecialist you likely will fall victim to Maslow’s admonition – ‘If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.’”

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