title: Rural surgery: opportunity or minefield.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis-East Bay, Department of Surgery, Oakland 94602, USA. bjwaddle47@yahoo.com
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Waddle
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012424:Rural Population; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D014481:United States