title: Internal medicine: a troubled but still great specialty.
abstract: Lifestyle issues, difficult patients, the hassle factor, the gatekeeper role and income may be cited by internists as some of the problems they face today. The solutions may not always be easy, but there are ways to make the speciality more rewarding.
authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D009042:Motivation; D010819:Physician's Role; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce