Bauer Werner, Schumm-Draeger Petra-Maria, Koebberling Johannes, Gjoerup Thomas, Garcia Alegria Jose Javier, Ferreira Faustino, Higgens Clare, Kramer Mark, Licata Giuseppe, Mittelman Moshe, O'hare James, Unal Serhat
Eur J Intern Med. 2005 Jun;16(3):214-217. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.02.003.
What will be the future of internal medicine in Europe? Because of rapidly growing concerns regarding the position of internal medicine in many European countries, the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM) has established a working group to analyze the situation. Being well aware of the variation in working practices in the different countries, the members of the group used an "all-European" approach to answer the following questions: Internal medicine is the modern, clinical, and scientific medical discipline that is responsible for the care of adult patients with one or more complex, acute, or chronic illnesses. Internal medicine is the cornerstone of an integrated health care delivery service that is needed today. Decision-makers in politics and hospitals, insurers, journalists, and the general public need a better understanding of what internal medicine can offer to the health care system and to the individual patient.
欧洲内科医学的未来会是怎样的？由于许多欧洲国家对内科医学地位的担忧迅速增加，欧洲内科医学联合会（EFIM）成立了一个工作组来分析这一情况。该组成员充分意识到不同国家工作实践的差异，采用了“全欧洲”的方法来回答以下问题：内科医学是一门现代的、临床的和科学的医学学科，负责照顾患有一种或多种复杂、急性或慢性疾病的成年患者。内科医学是当今所需的综合医疗服务的基石。政治和医院的决策者、保险公司、记者以及普通公众需要更好地了解内科医学能为医疗系统和个体患者提供什么。
