Do general practitioners act consistently in real practice when they meet the same patient twice? examination of intradoctor variation using standardised (simulated) patients

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7088, 1997, Pages 1170-

  Rethans, Jan Joost ^a   Saebu, Lars ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXAMINATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; VARIANCE;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NORWAY; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0030887207     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7088.1170     Document Type: Article

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