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Portugal’s primary care crisis as GPs depart
Sally Howard, freelance journalist Lisbon and London sal{at}sallyhoward.net Portugal has seen its doctors increasingly leave for better paid positions in the rest of Europe—leaving one in 10 citizens with no GP. Sally Howard reports “Come to France, tax …