Internal Medicine 1976: Consequences of Subspecialization and Technology

Editorials1 January 1976Internal Medicine 1976: Consequences of Subspecialization and TechnologyROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-84-1-92 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAll of medicine, including internal medicine, is undergoing future shock. Gone are the days when the internist was the master clinician and consultant, practicing without constraints by local, state, or federal governments, ignorant of the costs of diagnostic studies and therapy, free to bill his patient what he wished or to give care free—a healer, confessor, and miracle worker to his patients and a high priest to his peers. The internist of the present, and indeed of the future, is questioning his very existence; he finds himself being supplanted as a consultant by the organsystem oriented subspecialist, and his role...References1. PETERSDORF R: Internal medicine and family practice: contreversies, conflicts and compromise. N Engl J Med 293:326-332, 1975 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. PETERSDORF R: Primary care: the academic perspective. J Med Educ, in press Google Scholar3. PETERSDORF R: Health manpower: numbers, distribution quality. Ann Intern Med 82:694-701, 1975 LinkGoogle Scholar4. YOUNG L: Changes in the postdoctoral education of internists. Ann Intern Med 83:728-730, 1975 LinkGoogle Scholar5. BEESON P: Some good features of the British National Health Service. J Med Educ 49:43-49, 1974 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Department of Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Diagnostic Yield of Upper Endoscopy Procedures in Children- Is it Cost Effective?The Literature of American Internal Medicine: A Historical ViewW. BRUCE FYE, M.A., M.D.Hierarchical organization, integrations in biology and cancer, balance loss, and a question on modernismA National Study of Internal Medicine and Its Specialties: II. Primary Care in Internal MedicineROBERT C. MENDENHALL, M.S., ALVIN R. TARLOV, M.D., ROGER A. GIRARD, Ph.D., JANET K. MICHEL, M.S., STEPHEN E. RADECKI, M.A.The Super-specialistsA case for the view that there are too few gastroenterologistsThe Physician as a Double AgentManpower in GastroenterologyThe general internist an academic viewpointPsychiatry and TechnologyGraduate Medical Education 1976? Will Internal Medicine Meet the Challenge?PHILIP R. LEE, M.D.Reading in Internal MedicineRUSSELL M. WILDER, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 January 1976Volume 84, Issue 1Page: 92-94KeywordsForecastingShockSub-specialty care ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1976 PDF downloadLoading ...