Procedures and treatment
- physical examination (propaedeutic procedures).
- tests, x-rays and scans (diagnostic procedures).
- treatments to repair the effects of injury, disease or malfunctions, including medicines, physical and radiation therapies (therapeutic procedures).
- allied health treatments to improve, maintain or restore a person’s physical function (rehabilitative procedures).
Internal medicine or general medicine (in Commonwealth nations) is the medical
specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine
are called internists, or physicians (without a modifier) in Commonwealth nations.
Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or
multi-system disease processes. Internists care for hospitalized and ambulatory
patients and may play a major role in teaching and research.
Because internal medicine patients are often seriously ill or require complex
investigations, internists do much of their work in hospitals. Internists often
have subspecialty interests in diseases affecting particular organs or organ systems.
Internal medicine is also a specialty within clinical pharmacy and veterinary medicine.
Non-surgical medical procedures are used to diagnose, measure, monitor or treat problems such as diseases or injuries that don’t require surgery. They are generally not highly invasive and don’t
involve cutting. Non-surgical procedures are carried out by a health professional such as a physician, general practitioner (GP), diagnostician or nurse.
