Family practice finds a home in the hospital.
A brief description of the growth of family practice over the past 10 years into what is now a major specialty leads into a discussion of the implications of this development for hospitals. A fundamental shift of emphasis to family practice in medical education has already occurred and hospital departments of general practice, traditionally administrative in character, are being reorganized into clinical departments with responsibility for assigning privileges and administering educational and peer review programs.
D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D007325:Institutional Practice / Q000639:trends; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000639:trends*; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000639:trends*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States