<unk>  is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of internal or family medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill<unk> ized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is caring for<unk> ized patients only while they are in the<unk>  are called<unk> ists. Originating in the United States, this type of medical practice has extended into Australia and Canada. The vast majority of physicians who refer to themselves as<unk> ists focus their practice upon<unk> ized patients.<unk> ists are not necessarily required to have separate board certification in<unk> . The term<unk> ist was first coined by Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman in a 1996 New England Journal of Medicine article. The scope of<unk>  includes acute patient care, teaching, research, and executive leadership related to the delivery of<unk> -based care.<unk> , like emergency medicine, is a specialty organized around the location of care (the<unk> , rather than an organ (like cardiology), disease (like oncology), or a patient’s age (like pediatrics). The emergence of<unk>  in the United States can be compared and contrasted with the parallel development of acute medicine in the United Kingdom, reflecting health system differences.
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Blood bank
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