Newfoundland angers its MDs by seeking medical help from armed forces.

CMAJ · 1998

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Abstract

When the Newfoundland government announced in June that it would use military doctors as a stopgap measure to solve physician shortages in rural parts of the province, local doctors weren't impressed. "They thought it was a joke," said Dr. Alan McComiskey. They have since learned that it wasn't.