title: The World Federation: enhancing global critical care practice and performance.
abstract: The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine is an international organization composed of 42 members of national societies of intensive and critical care medicine representing approximately 38,000 physicians and allied health professionals. To appreciate the importance of international collaboration in various specialties, it is imperative to recognize not only the similarities within health systems, but also to recognize the international focus of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Suite 14-901, 1200 North State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. lumb@usc.edu
authors.forename: Philip D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lumb
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*