2024-04-10 10:00:04
Whether you consult him for the flu or to be referred to a specialist, the general practitioner is the gateway to the medical world. He takes care of the patient throughout his life. Examine, consult, prescribe, refer… the role of the general practitioner is varied. There were nearly 100,000 in France in 2022, with an average age of 55 for men and 47 for women. (Rebroadcast)
Other important data concerning them, according to a Senate report published in March 202211% of French people do not have a GP in France: there is a shortage of 6,000 general practitioners in rural regions, and certain areas of the Paris region are not spared from this medical desertification.
How can we explain these trends? Are the policies implemented likely to remedy this? Attending physician, family doctor, general practitioner: what meaning should be given to these professions? Is the drop in attractiveness reversible?
At the end of the broadcast, we find the sports column of Dr Jean Marc Sènesports doctor and author of Sport: I’m getting started, published by In Press
► All columns are accessible ici.
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