Non-medical influences on medical decision-making

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 769-776

  McKinlay, John B ^a   Potter, Deborah A ^a   Feldman, Henry A ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOGENESIS; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030062947     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00342-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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