Renaissance of hospital generalists

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Feb 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 344, pages e652-e652 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Robert M, Wachter; Derek, Bell;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e652

pmid: 22331278

Renaissance of hospital generalists

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Abstract

Hospital medicine in the US and acute medicine in the UK are the fastest growing specialties in their countries. Robert M Wachter and Derek Bell examine the factors behind their rise and how the differing national healthcare systems have influenced their structure

Related Organizations

Imperial College London
United Kingdom
University of California, San Francisco
United States

Keywords

General Practitioners, Hospitalists, Acute Disease, Humans, Delivery of Health Care, United Kingdom, United States

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