PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Onn M Kon
AU  - William G Oldfield
TI  - Why should we continue to do acute general takes?
AID  - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-1-68
DP  - 2016 Feb 01
TA  - Future Hospital Journal
PG  - 68--69
VI  - 3
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/1/68.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/1/68.full
SO  - Future Hosp J2016 Feb 01; 3
AB  - Specialist Physicians currently provide a substantive contribution towards acute medical takes in hospitals but there is debate as to the role of acute physicians in removing the need for this role. We discuss the benefits and advantages in continuing to provide this general internal medicine component to our patients and propose that it is an important part of most medical specialities. We argue that removing our participation will potentially diminish our overall skills as specialist physicians and advocate that we continue to provide this key component of medical care.