Why should we continue to do acute general takes?

Future Hosp J

Chest and Allergy Clinic, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

Published: February 2016

Specialist Physicians currently provide a substantive contribution towards acute medical takes in hospitals but there is debate as to the role of acute physicians in removing the need for this role. We discuss the benefits and advantages in continuing to provide this general internal medicine component to our patients and propose that it is an important part of most medical specialities. We argue that removing our participation will potentially diminish our overall skills as specialist physicians and advocate that we continue to provide this key component of medical care.

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