Despite need for primary care doctors, many medical students veer toward specialties

The New York Times: Luring Students Into Family Medicine
Most students going into medicine imagine that they will have daily contact with their patients; but the reality is that only a minority will end up as primary care physicians, causing what some experts say could be a critical shortage in the United States, where there are long waits in both doctors' offices and emergency rooms (Novak, 9/9).