Critical care medicine in the united states: Addressing the intensivist shortage and image of the specialty*

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2754-2761

  Halpern, Neil A ^a,b   Pastores, Stephen M ^a,b   Oropello, John M ^c   Kvetan, Vladimir ^d,e  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care unit; Intensivist; Medicine; Physician; Professional societies; Shortfall; Specialty education; Staffing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889259884     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318298a6fb     Document Type: Article

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