Decision Analysis: A Look at the Chief Complaints

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 300, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 556-559

  Schwartz, William B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; RISK; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERAPY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; JUDGMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; RISK;

EID: 0018392276     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197903083001011     Document Type: Editorial

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