Physicians' Judgments of the Risks of Cardiac Procedures: Differences between Cardiologists and Other Internists

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 603-617

  Poses, Roy M ^a,f   McClish, Donna K ^a   Smith, Wally R ^a   Chaput De Saintonge, D Mark ^b   Huber, Elizabeth C ^a   Clemo, F Lynne W ^a   Schmitt, Brian P ^c   Alexander Forti, Donna ^a   Racht, Edward M ^a   Colenda III, Christopher C ^d   Centor, Robert M ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac procedures; Complications; Mortality; Physicians' judgments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JUDGMENT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031159338     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199706000-00006     Document Type: Article

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