La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo

Internal medicine was born at the end of the nineteenth century as the result of the great amount of medical knowledge that accrued. The word "internal" has a great meaning and symbolism that underscores a holistic view of the patient. After some years of fruitful work, internal medicine e...

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Autor principal: Sánchez,Paúl
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2003
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720030006000132004-12-13La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo sigloSánchez,Paúl Delivery of health care History of Medicine modern Medicine Internal medicine was born at the end of the nineteenth century as the result of the great amount of medical knowledge that accrued. The word "internal" has a great meaning and symbolism that underscores a holistic view of the patient. After some years of fruitful work, internal medicine experienced the appearance of subspecialties. This meant a great technological advance but increased the costs of services and deteriorated patient-physician relationship. These tactics along with world sanitary changes, offer a unique opportunity for the resurgence of Internal Medicine. Nowadays the internist has the image of an expert able to treat patients with diseases that involve several organs or systems or to serve as a consultant for complex medical problems. The new threats of the specialty are Family Medicine and hospital physicians. The areas in which the internist should acquire expertise to cope with the new sanitary requirements are also analyzed (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 679-84)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.131 n.6 20032003-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000600013es10.4067/S0034-98872003000600013
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Delivery of health care
History of Medicine
modern
Medicine
spellingShingle Delivery of health care
History of Medicine
modern
Medicine
Sánchez,Paúl
La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
description Internal medicine was born at the end of the nineteenth century as the result of the great amount of medical knowledge that accrued. The word "internal" has a great meaning and symbolism that underscores a holistic view of the patient. After some years of fruitful work, internal medicine experienced the appearance of subspecialties. This meant a great technological advance but increased the costs of services and deteriorated patient-physician relationship. These tactics along with world sanitary changes, offer a unique opportunity for the resurgence of Internal Medicine. Nowadays the internist has the image of an expert able to treat patients with diseases that involve several organs or systems or to serve as a consultant for complex medical problems. The new threats of the specialty are Family Medicine and hospital physicians. The areas in which the internist should acquire expertise to cope with the new sanitary requirements are also analyzed (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 679-84)
author Sánchez,Paúl
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title La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
title_short La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
title_full La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
title_fullStr La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
title_full_unstemmed La Medicina Interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
title_sort la medicina interna: retos y oportunidades al inicio de un nuevo siglo
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