title: [The concept of ambulatory surgery].
abstract: Ambulatory surgery is a concept of organization, organization centered on the patient. It is an innovation whose development depends on policies of accompaniment that are devoted to it. As for all innovation the patients or the society can't profit of its benefits if its conditions are not respected. Recognized international definitions all insist on its qualified character and on its substitution effect.
authors.affiliation: L'UNHPC (Union Nationale Hospitalière Privée de Cancérologie), l'IAAS (International Association for Ambulatory Surgery), 4 rue du Château-95300 Pontoisé.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parmentier
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*