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History Lesson: Dr. Sam Taggart
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Arkansas’s rural communities face many challenges. Communities are shrinking due to out-migration, rural hospitals are under financial strain, and the state’s rural residents are, on average, older, poorer, and less healthy than their urban counterparts. Primary care physicians are also far less plentiful in rural areas, making the role of the family doctor even more important. In this episode of the Wonks at Work podcast, we speak with Dr. Sam Taggart, a retired family medicine physician and author of several books about the medical profession in Arkansas. His latest book is “For Every Family, a Family Doctor,” which explores the history of family medicine in our state.
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