Surgical Practice in Rural Areas, An Issue of Surgical Clinics, Volume 89-6

Proposed topics for this issue include: Demographics and Workforce in issues in Rural Surgery; Measuring Quality in Rural Surgery; Education of the Rural Surgeon (Models from Oregon, Wisconsin, Tennessee, MIBH); Rural Surgery - the Australian experience; Working Models (Oklahoma, Iowa, North Dakota); Starting a Rural Surgical Program from Scratch; The Importance of Rural Surgery - The primary care perspective; The Financial Impact of a Rural Surgeon on a Hospital.