Clinical reasoning and category identification (Bian Zheng) in Traditional Chinese Medicine and the implications for development of educational strategies

American Journal of Acupuncture

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Zaslawski, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Bian zheng; Categorization; Clinical reasoning; Cognitive processing; Diagnosis; Education; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LITERATURE; LOGIC;

EID: 0030831976     PISSN: 00913960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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