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Archive Home > 2002 > April > 07 > Generalists in an age of specialists

Generalists in an age of specialists

Only 20 percent of doctors in Oregon are family physicians

By Rebecca Merritt / The Bulletin
April 7, 2002

When Dr. Ralph Litchfield opened his family practice in Bend in 1969, he did it all.

He delivered babies, performed surgeries and even covered the hospital's emergency room " in between regular office appointments with patients.

"I'd see everything from a heart attack and down,"....

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