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"The Doctor Can't See You Now"

From Inside Out Documentaries | 00:58:27
Producers: Rachel Gotbaum, Inside Out Documentaries

 Credit:
"'The Doctor Can't See You Now' is the best reporting on this looming disaster I've heard..." Robert M. Wachter M.D.

This is a documentary about one of the fundamentals of medicine in the U.S.: primary care. It is a story about the changing roles of the family practitioner and internal medicine doctors both historically and today. It is the story of how the complexity of the modern healthcare environment, the aging population and new attitudes towards practicing medicine among doctors, have transformed the pivotal role of the doctor at the center of a patient's medical journey. The result in the short term is that patients are finding it harder and harder to get in to see a primary care physician. In the longer term, many policy makers and practitioners think that a lack of focus on primary care across the country means that we are losing out on an important way of improving the nation's health and reducing the spiraling costs of healthcare. In "The Doctor Can't See You Now" Rachel Gotbaum reports on why seasoned primary care doctors are leaving their practices, and how too many newly-trained doctors are making the decision that primary care is an untenable career. A majority of younger doctors are choosing instead to go into specialties where the hours are more regular and the pay more rewarding. This Inside Out Documentary is a timely and important program, examining what lies behind the crisis and what is being done to address it. Reporter Rachel Gotbaum was recently honored with a national Murrow award for her radio documentary, "A Mission, A Merger, and A Medical Center." Your listeners' experience is enhanced with extra materials at our website - http://www.insideout.org For more information, please contact Namita Raina National Program Administrator WBUR Boston 617-353-8160 nraina@wbur.bu.edu Hide full description

This is a documentary about one of the fundamentals of medicine in the U.S.: primary care. It is a story about the changing roles of the family practitioner and internal medicine doctors both historically and today. It is the story of how the complexity of the modern healthcare environment, the aging population and new attitudes towards practicing medicine among doctors, have transformed the pivotal role of the doctor at the center of a patient's medical journey. The result in the short term is that patients are finding it harder and harder to get in to see a primary care physician. In the longer term, many policy makers and p...
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Broadcast History

Stations which have broadcast "The Doctor Can't See you Now" include:

KUOW Seattle WA
WKSU Kent OH
KWGS Tulsa OK
WNIJ Northern Public Radio IL, WI
WFPL Louisville KY
WCPN Cleveland OH
WLRN Miami FL
WBEZ Chicago IL
WFIU Bloomington IN
WFCR Amherst MA
KQED San Francisco CA
WOSU Columbus OH
Yellowstone Public Radio - Montana / Wyoming
WCBU Peoria IL
KGOU Oklahoma City OK
KAZU Monterey CA
WGCU Fort Myers FL
KUFM Montana Public Radio
KJZZ Phoenix AZ
KUNM Albuquerque NM
KUT Austin TX
WSNC Winston-Salem NC
WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands Radio MA
WEKU Lexington KY
WEVO New Hampshire Public Radio
WRVO Oswego, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
WCQS Asheville NC
KCUR Kansas City MO

Timing and Cues

RUNDOWN ?THE DOCTOR CAN?T SEE YOU NOW? PGM TIME 58:30 IN STEREO?sum to mono OK?do not pull left channel only

00:00-01:00 [1] AIR BILLBOARD [:59]

IC: MUX; ?THE PRIMARY CARE??
OC: ?FIRST THIS NEWS.?

dump mux fill [5:29]

06:30-20:00 [2] AIR A SEG. [13:29]

IC: MUX; ?THIS IS A SPECIAL??
OC: ?...I?M RACHEL GOTBAUM.? MUX COLD

dump mux fill [:59]

21:00-37:00 [3] AIR B SEG. [15:59]

IC: MUX, ?YOU?RE LISTENING TO ??
OC: ??...I?M RACHEL GOTBAUM.? MUX COLD

dump mux fill [:59]

38:30-59:00 [4] AIR C SEG. / CREDITS [20:29]

IC: MUX, ?YOU?RE LISTENING TO...?
OC: ?? IS ANNA BENSTED.? MUX COLD