Diagnosing Groups: Charting the Flow of Information in Medical Decision-Making Teams

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-330

  Larson Jr , James R ^a   Christensen, Caryn ^b   Abbott, Ann S ^b   Franz, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030210607     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.2.315     Document Type: Article

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