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Life in the Fast Lane

Robert E. McCurdy, MD

Arch Surg. 1984;119(5):505-507.

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In preparation for this talk, I reviewed the addresses of some of our previous presidents. I was impressed with their concern with both the social and economic influences of American surgery. Their talks collectively trace the evolution of the certifying boards, the appearance of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, the Residency Review Committee, and the early worries about the fragmentation of general surgery. Later, they described the intrusion of the regulatory agencies, with the passage of the Medicare laws, the Professional Standards Review Organization legislation, and then the appearance of the Health Planning agencies. These earlier addresses are a wonderful source of information about influences that society and government have had on American surgical training and practice. This year there is a new array of influences that we must understand and deal with.

For some time, I have been fascinated by the relationship between the quality of medical . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Surgery Department, Presbyterian/St Luke's Hospital, Denver.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 21, 1983.

Presented as the presidential address at the 91st annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Monterey, Calif, Nov 14, 1983.

Reprint requests to 3535 Cherry Creek North Dr, Denver, CO 80209 (Dr McCurdy).

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