title: Inpatient care: should the general physician now take charge?
abstract: In an ageing population, patients are living longer with one or more chronic disease, and with acute illnesses increasingly extending outside the boundaries of a single medical specialty. Therefore, is it time for the general physician to take charge?
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.
authors.forename: Varo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kirthi
authors.forename: R Mark
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Temple
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D058005:General Practitioners; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010819:Physician's Role; D006113:United Kingdom