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practitioners. Medical doctors in particular, tend to leave the public sector for the private sector, rural settlements for the urban
settlements, the Republic of South Africa for other countries or entirely leaving the healthcare industry. This study seeks to
identify the factors that contribute to retention of doctors in Jane Furse Hospital Limpopo, South Africa and suggests strategies
that are important in retaining medical doctors in Jane Furse Hospital.
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