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Rural general practitioners and out of hours cover

BMJ 1994; 309 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6969.1663b (Published 17 December 1994) Cite this as: BMJ 1994;309:1663

The need for a humane contract

  1. Martin Lawrence
  1. General practitioner, Chipping Norton OX7 5AA.

    EDITOR,—As the General Medical Services Committee seems to have ceased to represent the interests of rural general practitioners, I would like to open a debate on out of hours cover. Recent reports on the death of a 26 year old junior doctor who died after an 86 hour week said that he was “about …

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