title: Medical units: who should command?
abstract: In the military nothing is more crucial for mission accomplishment than the leadership of an organization or unit. The author argues that physicians by their education and training are uniquely fitted to Command units that have the mission of providing medical care. A systematic exposition is provided that utilizes a large number of categories.
authors.affiliation: Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, VA 22041-3258.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Jeffer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D008891:Military Science; D010820:Physicians; D014481:United States