The hospital internal medicine specialist today: A literature review and strength, weaknesses, opportunity, threats (SWOT) analysis to develop a working proposal

Italian Journal of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 278-286

  Scotti, Emilio ^a   Pietrantonio, Filomena ^b  

^a Villa Luana Clinic   (Italy)

^b S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical instability stratification; Hospital Internal Medicine specialist; Internist's role; Modified early warning score (MEWS); Opportunity; Strength; Threats (SWOT) analysis; Weaknesses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNIST; STRENGTH; SWOT ANALYSIS; THREAT; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84892608009     PISSN: 18779344     EISSN: 18779352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/itjm.2013.278     Document Type: Article

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