Measuring Doctors' Self-insight into their Treatment Decisions

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 455-477

  Harries, Clare ^a   Evans, Jonathan St B T ^b   Dennis, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000462193     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0720(200009)14:5<455::AID-ACP667>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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