Diagnosing Groups: The Pooling, Management, and Impact of Shared and Unshared Case Information in Team-Based Medical Decision Making

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-108

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032110304     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.93     Document Type: Article

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