Author Details Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents? Maria Mathews1 PhD, Associate Professor, mmathews@mun.ca Amanda Park2 BSc, Medical Student, adpark204@hotmail.com 1, 2 Memorial University of Newfoundland, Health Science Centre, St. John’s NL, Canada. Correspondence: M Mathews, Division of Community Health & Humanities, Health Science Centre, St. John’s NL Canada A1B 3V6  Author contribution: Maria Mathews: original concept, designed the project, literature review, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts. Amanda D Park: cleaned, coded and analyzed the data, and interpreted the findings. Citation: Mathews M, Park AD.  Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents? Rural and Remote Health 7: 674. (Online) 2007. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 31 October 2006 Revised: 16 May 2007 Accepted: 13 June 2007