Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, UNC Campus Box 7590, 725 Martin Luther King Jr, Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7590, USA.
Surg Clin North Am. 2009 Dec;89(6):1293-302, vii-viii. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.07.009.
This article describes the unique roles and interrelations of general surgeons and primary care physicians in rural communities. It describes the various ways in which the work and success of the rural surgeon and the rural primary care physician rely on coordinating their efforts with the other. It draws on available data, summary reports, and the authors' personal experiences in rural practice and fifty years of combined experience in research and policy analysis of rural health professions issues. Various issues are discussed, including the specific and unique roles that rural surgeon need to play in rural health systems, the ways in which rural surgeons relate to other physicians, and the likely consequences of not having proximal surgical services.
本文描述了普通外科医生和初级保健医生在农村社区中的独特角色和相互关系。它描述了农村外科医生和农村初级保健医生的工作和成功如何依赖于彼此协调努力的各种方式。它借鉴了现有数据、总结报告以及作者在农村实践中的个人经验，以及五十年来对农村卫生专业人员问题的研究和政策分析的综合经验。本文讨论了各种问题，包括农村外科医生在农村卫生系统中需要发挥的具体和独特作用、农村外科医生与其他医生的关系以及没有近程手术服务的可能后果。
