title: Presidential address: "These united colonies are...".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland 04102, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Bredenberg
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States