PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Cherie Glazner TI - Dinosaurs, Hospital Ecosystems, and the Future of Family Medicine AID - 10.1370/afm.863 DP - 2008 Jul 01 TA - The Annals of Family Medicine PG - 368--369 VI - 6 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.annfammed.org/content/6/4/368.short 4100 - http://www.annfammed.org/content/6/4/368.full SO - Ann Fam Med2008 Jul 01; 6 AB - The continued presence of the family physician within hospital systems is key to family medicine remaining an attractive, viable specialty in the ever-evolving world of medicine. One physician muses about her place in this complex ecosystem and believes that family physicians lose their voice and thus risk their own extinction when they opt out of hospital practice. Annals Journal Club selection—see inside back cover or http://www.annfammed.org/AJC/.