Professional standards in the USA: Overview and new developments

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-367

  Cassel, Christine ^a,b   Holmboe, Eric S ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Board of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Board certification; Maintenance of certification; Medical knowledge; Professional standards; Public accountability; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748077440     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-4-363     Document Type: Review

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