Need for primary care.
OBJECTIVE
This paper is a renewed call for medical schools to address the societal need for more primary care physicians.


METHODS
Numerous studies from the literature are cited as background for this paper.


RESULTS
The Author retraces the historical beginnings of the specialty of Family Practice and some of the more recent events which highlight the need for more primary care physicians.


CONCLUSIONS
The author concludes that there is a societal need for more primary care physicians and that medical schools should respond to this need.
Haller
M J
MJ
Department of Family Practice, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States