Resolving the conflicts between general and subspecialty medicine: The internist as consulting physician-scientist

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-263

  Fournier, Arthur M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032033405     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00347-1     Document Type: Article

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