Abductive method and clinical assessment in practice

Behaviour Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-63

  Ward, Tony ^a   Vertue, Frances M ^b   Haig, Brian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0033001344     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.16.1.49     Document Type: Review

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