The role of prognosis in clinical decision making

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 422-425

  Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,b   Sachs, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029820965     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600190     Document Type: Review

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