Whither the acute medical patient?
| Autor: | T D Wardle |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Emergency Medical Services
Standard of care Consultants Critical Care Hospital Departments Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine State Medicine Health care rationing Nursing Intensive care Medical Staff Hospital Emergency medical services Humans Organizational Objectives Medicine Medical patient Quality of Health Care Health Services Needs and Demand Health Care Rationing Critical pathways business.industry General Medicine Public relations United Kingdom Clinical Practice Critical Pathways Emergency Medicine sense organs Emergencies business Forecasting Specialization Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 14:167-169 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/emj.14.3.167 |
| Popis: | The continual change in NHS structure demands reappraisal of both the services provided and the allocation of resources to ensure appropriate standards of care. Unfortunately this equation never seems to balance. Although the overall goal is to have an excellent standard of care, the necessary resources nearly always are lacking. As a consequence "we" often have to critically analyse and change clinical practice to achieve this goal. Nowhere in medicine is this point more pertinent than in the management of acute medical emergencies. This article examines not only how the changing face of medicine influences this situation but also possible solutions to the question who will manage these patients in the future. |
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