The net effect, he predicts, will be that, in future, doctors simply refuse to set up practice in areas like his simply because of the economics.

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The plight of the town was evident in the closed shop fronts, and John told me they had enormous problems recruiting doctors to set up practice in rural areas.

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Eventually, both moved back to north Texas, where McLelland set up a law practice in Kaufman County.

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