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Doctor shortage 'will worsen' as young doctors walk away from general practice

A Queensland doctor with more than 40 years of experience is warning that Australia's doctor shortage is likely to get worse and that more medical practices could close as graduates abandon general practice as a specialty. 

Susan McDonald, who has been practising in Cairns for the past 26 years, says GPs are "the domestic servants of the medical world".

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