title: The concept of acute care surgery: a vision for the not-so-distant future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. gvelmahos@partners.org
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Velmahos
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Jurkovich
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards