title: The pulmonary physician in critical care: towards comprehensive critical care?
abstract: This overview of intensive care medicine in Europe and the United States is an introduction to the review series on "The pulmonary physician in critical care" which starts in this issue of Thorax.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Critical Care, NHLI Division, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK.
authors.forename: M J D
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States