Understanding the Role of the Rural Physician - "Physicians occupy and unusual spot in the social structure of rural communities From an economic standpoint, they are successful entrepreneurs, well-paid business people similar to bankers and lawyers. On the other hand, they are also social servants like policemen or teachers, just as essential to the welfare and functioning of the community but paid for through a fee-for-service mechanism outside of local community control. This anomalous status requires some fairly innovative interpersonal and structural relationship to strike a workable balance." Rosenblatt and Moscovice, 1982, in Rural Health Care
Which Medical Schools Produce Rural Physicians?
Research in Rural Medical Education