Bauer Werner, Schumm-Draeger Petra-Maria, Koebberling Johannes, Gjoerup Thomas, Alegria Jose Javier Garcia, Ferreira Faustino, Higgens Clare, Kramer Mark, Licata Giuseppe, Mittelman Moshe, O'Hare James, Unal Serhat
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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: Are there problems for internal medicine? If so, what are these problems and why? Why do the health care systems in the European countries need internal medicine? Why do patients need internal medicine? What needs to be done? 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？由于对内科医学在许多欧洲国家的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种情况。该小组的成员充分意识到不同国家工作实践的差异，采用了一种“全欧洲”的方法来回答以下问题：内科医学存在问题吗？如果存在，这些问题是什么以及为什么？欧洲国家的医疗保健系统为什么需要内科医学？患者为什么需要内科医学？需要做些什么？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、记者以及公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。
