title: Manpower for neurosurgery: seeing ourselves as others see us. The 1977 Harvey Cushing oration.
abstract: The 1977 Cushing Orator looks at the question of neurosurgical manpower and its relation to national health policies, proposed or abandoned. The impact on residency training as well as patient care and research effort require constant monitoring by the profession, so that the specialty will continue to contribute significantly to human betterment.
mesh_terms: D004470:Economics, Medical; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000639:trends; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce