Köbberling Johannes
Kliniken St. Antonius, Carnaper Strasse 55, 42283, Wuppertal.
Med Klin (Munich). 2005 Aug 15;100(8):517-20. doi: 10.1007/s00063-005-1070-9.
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 of working practices in the different countries, the members of the group used an "all-European" approach to answer the following questions: -- Are there problems for Internal Medicine, what problems and why? -- Why do health care systems of the European countries need Internal Medicine? -- Why do the patients need Internal Medicine? -- What needs to be done? Internal Medicine is the modern, clinical and scientific medical discipline taking care of adult patients with one or more complex, acute or chronic illnesses. Internal Medicine is the cornerstone of 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 systems 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：——内科医学存在问题吗？存在哪些问题以及原因是什么？——欧洲国家的医疗保健系统为何需要内科医学？——患者为何需要内科医学？——需要做些什么？内科医学是一门现代的、临床和科学的医学学科，负责诊治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、记者及普通大众需要更好地了解内科医学能为医疗保健系统和个体患者提供什么。
