The Intensive care unit specialist: Report from the Task Force of World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-228

  Amin, Pravin ^a   Fox Robichaud, Alison ^b   Divatia, J V ^c   Pelosi, Paolo ^d   Altintas, Defne ^e   Eryüksel, Emel ^f   Mehta, Yatin ^g   Suh, Gee Young ^h   Blanch, Lluís ⁱ   Weiler, Norbert ^j   Zimmerman, Janice ^k   Vincent, Jean Louis ^l  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g MEDANTA THE MEDICITY   (India)

^h Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^j Institut für Sozialmedizin   (Germany)

^k HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION; RECOGNITION; RESPONSIBILITY; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SPECIALIZATION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84994750523     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.06.001     Document Type: Article

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