Determining the professional attributes of a hospitalist: Experience in one Australian metropolitan hospital

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 305-308

  Kingston, M ^a  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Full time physicians; Generalist; Geriatrics; Hospital systems; Hospitalist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKILL; SKIN DISEASE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 18744368136     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00831.x     Document Type: Review

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