Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Internal Medicine

Internal medicine is the medical specialty devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and non-surgical management of disease in adults, with particular expertise in complex, multisystem, and undifferentiated illness. Physicians in this field, often termed internists, integrate detailed clinical assessment with laboratory…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 110× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Internal medicine is the medical specialty devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, and non-surgical management of disease in adults, with particular expertise in complex, multisystem, and undifferentiated illness. Physicians in this field, often termed internists, integrate detailed clinical assessment with laboratory and imaging investigations to manage conditions across the major organ systems, coordinate care for patients with multiple coexisting diseases, and emphasise rational prescribing, prevention, and continuity of care. The discipline encompasses subspecialties such as cardiology, endocrinology, infectious disease, rheumatology, and nephrology, and it places strong emphasis on diagnostic reasoning, quality and safety of care, medication management, and the organisation of clinical services. Contemporary internal-medicine practice also addresses health-system factors that influence outcomes, including workforce and workload, medical education, adherence, and the management of adverse drug reactions, alongside the recognition of systemic presentations of disease. The peer-reviewed research collected under this topic addresses physician workload and service organisation, medication planning and quality indicators, adverse drug reactions in patients receiving complex therapy, continuing medical education, and the systemic and multisystem presentations of disease, reflecting internal medicine's role as a broad, integrative discipline concerned with the comprehensive evaluation and long-term management of adult patients and the clinical systems within which that care is delivered.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 110 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Internal Medicine, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Advanced Rheumatology Science.

Journal editorial board
Murdaca Giuseppe · Italy simon helfgott · United States Antonio G. Tristano · Spain

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