In his recent editorial, S.D. Moulopoulos showed how the role of internal medicine
these days must be clearly defined because of the occurrence of an identity crisis
due to the prevalence of overspecialization [
[1]
]. He made it clear that the field of internal medicine includes all patients whose
condition belongs to two or more subspecialties, as well as patients with general
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References
- Internal Medicine in 2003 or the specialty of “invisible diseases”.Eur J Intern Med. 2004; 15: 77-78
- La médecine obstétricale: une mission de choix pour l'interniste.Rev Med Interne. 2004; 25: 419-420
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Publication history
Accepted:
January 28,
2005
Received:
November 12,
2004
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© 2005 Elsevier B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
