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internal medicine
Medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis, management & nonsurgical of disease. An emphasis on internal structures is implied. The practice of internal medicine may occur in an outpatient clinic &/or a hospital.
Specific
antihypertensive agents & diabetes risk
management of obesity: ACP clinical guidelines, 2005
General
medical specialty
References
- Wikipedia: internal medicine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_medicine
- West CP and Dupras DM
General Medicine vs Subspecialty Career Plans Among Internal
Medicine Residents.
JAMA. 2012;308(21):2241-2247
PMID: 23212502
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1475191
- Schwartz MD
The US Primary Care Workforce and Graduate Medical Education
Policy.
JAMA. 2012;308(21):2252-2253.
PMID: 23212505
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1475164