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Particularly in sparselypopulated areas, “we urge groups of communities to establish a centrally-located medical center with a group practice, together with mobile health units or satellite health stations,” Dr. Bible says. “Thanks to today’s automobiles and roadways, a doctor may be 15 or 20 miles away in distance, but only minutes away in time.”
In one 400-square-mile area of Washington State, with a population of five persons per square mile, AM A is supporting a pilot project to extend the capability of medical services in such areas. “It’s a team approach, basically, in which the area’s eight doctors coordinate their own efforts, and those of physicians’s assistants (called Medex), nurse practitioners, social workers and community health people,” Dr. Bible explains.
(Medex are former medical corpsmen, returned from the armed forces, who have been retrained to serve as physician’s assistants.)
Common sense in the sun in me best safeguard against skin cancer, the American Cancer Society says. Use sun lotion, cover-up sun hats and beach umbrellas for protection.
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