title: Need for primary care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Haller
mesh_terms: D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States