Intuition and rational decision-making in professional thinking: A false dichotomy?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 667-673

  Easen, Patrick ^a   Wilcockson, Jane ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONFLICT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTUITION; LOGIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW;

AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 0030255738     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.02413.x     Document Type: Article

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