Future of Family Medicine

So, where is the specialty of Family Medicine headed? It seems that at every corner, Family Physicians are becoming less and less prevalent. Over time, less and less Family Docs did OB, now fewer are doing in-patient work. How is it that our Society/College/National organizations have allowed this parsing to take place? And, more importantly, where will "Family Medicine" be in another year?

I recall a comment my GP (that's what the term was then) made to me at my sister's wedding in reference to the Hospitalist movement; "why is it that when a patient is the sickest and needs their Doctor the most, their Doctor abandons them to someone else?". This comment continues to stick with me whenever I hear of another Family Doc "gives up" their hospital work.

Comments?