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* Specialists who want the internist to manage another field entirely, such as a dermatologist telling the internist what to prescribe for a patient's diabetes.

While slides on paper cannot replicate the interactive format we have on the Knowmedge website, I believe residents and internists will find them a useful asset during their preparations.”

Rates were highest for internists, at 53%, compared with 48% of those seeing a family physician and 44% of those using a specialist.

Their answers differed from those of internists and family physicians when they were asked to consider how they would manage the same hypothetical patient.

She found that both pediatricians and internists reported reasonable access to general resources such as physical and occupational therapy, as well as diseasespecific resources such as hematology; pulmonology, and cystic fibrosis or sickle cell disease centers.

But internists and emergency physicians were more likely to prescribe macrolides, which may be because these physicians see more patients with complicated conditions, she said.

But in a recent study, even after correcting for variables such as years in practice, specialty, and hours practiced per week, women internists in Pennsylvania earned 15% less than men.

A: A variety of specialists treat osteoporosis, including endocrinologists, rheumatologists, gynecologists, internists and other primary care physicians.

Evolving out of the former Clinical Programs Department, the PRC is a full-service resource for internists, physical therapists, gynecologists, urologists, mental-health counselors, neurologists, or any other health-care professional a person with MS may consult.

John P Dumoulin, ACP-ASLM's director of managed care and regulatory affairs, said in a statement that not allowing the use of internists as primary-care physicians for adults is equivalent to restricting pediatricians for children.

More than one-third said they actually have difficulty finding referral doctors such as internists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and cardiac surgeons for their Medicare patients.

A Comparison of Family Physicians and General Internists

The 2,306 veterans who had the most pronounced symptoms of Gulf War syndrome received further exams by internists, psychiatrists, and infectious disease specialists.