[Surgical practice under the recent health insurance system of Japan].

Candidates for surgeon have been declining in number for a long time because the labor conditions for surgeon are worse than those for other specialists, especially for internists. In this symposium, we will examine how to improve the present status of surgeons under the totally controlled health insurance system by discussing regarding what is a surgeon, what is a surgeon's work, what is a rational surgical fee, the necessity for surgeon's fees, etc. for the sake of the future development of both clinical surgical practice and research.