Medical diagnosis through semiotics: Giving meaning to the sign

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 1993, Pages 939-943

  Burnum, John F ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMAN; PREJUDICE; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0027491274     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-119-9-199311010-00012     Document Type: Review

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