Adolescent and young adult medicine is a special and specific area of medical practice

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-431

  Steinbeck, Kate ^a   Towns, Susan ^a,b   Bennett, David ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent; AYA medicine; emerging adulthood; health care; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MEDICINE; ADULTHOOD; BIOMEDICINE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901858032     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12491     Document Type: Review

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