title: Surgeons weigh effects of primary care trend.
abstract: Surgeons who attended the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons questioned the future of their specialty in an era when government agencies are emphasizing primary care. What will the role of future surgeons be? Will they find themselves competing with family practitioners for hospital privileges? How much surgical training should be included in family practice residencies? These questions were posed, but answers were scarce.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005194:Family Practice / Q000639:trends; D005550:Foreign Medical Graduates; D013502:General Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012955:Societies, Medical