The American Board of Internal Medicine: Evolving professional self-regulation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-223

  Baron, Richard J ^a   Johnson, David ^b  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

CERTIFICATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SPECIALTY BOARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905665155     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-2478     Document Type: Note

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