General internal medicine and specialty medicine - Time to rethink the relationship

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 341-347

  Rhodes, Jonathan M ^a   Harrison, Brian ^b   Black, David ^b   Spiro, Stephen ^b   Almond, Solomon ^b   Moore, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREER CHOICE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALISM; TRIAGE;

EID: 0033158484     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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