title: Thomas B. Ferguson lecture. Public policy and the practicing physician.
authors.affiliation: United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Frist
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D011640:Public Policy; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States