title: General internal medicine.
abstract: Internists advanced toward a patient care model based on critical, qualitative, and quantitative assessment of clinical care processes and outcomes. The complete internist must consider social context as well as traditional risk factors in promoting the health of patients.
authors.affiliation: New York University Medical Center, NY.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipkin
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States