Specialties practiced chiefly within a hospital or laboratory setting, supporting other clinicians' care through diagnosis, imaging, perioperative management or acute stabilization rather than carrying an outpatient practice of their own. Belongs here: Pathology, Radiology, Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine. Does not belong here: a specialty whose diagnostic work is confined to one organ system and delivered through direct patient management, such as Cardiology, grouped under internal medicine subspecialties.
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1. Hospital Medicine (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHospital medicine, definition, organ system
Hospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of family medicine or internal medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients.
Hospital medicine, definition, patient population
Hospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of family medicine or internal medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients.
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