Expanding the roles of hospitalist physicians to include public health

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-101

  Kisuule, Flora ^a   Minter Jordan, Myechia ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan ^a   Wright, Scott M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital medicine; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DETOXIFICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG COST; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248371661     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.185     Document Type: Article

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