Internal medicine in academic centres: What future?;Die innere medizin in akademischen zentren: Wie weiter?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 48, 1999, Pages 1857-1863

  Follath, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Generalists; Internal medicine; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0033524205     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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