Clinician judgments of functional outcomes: How bias and perceived accuracy affect rating

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1567-1574

  Wolfson, Aaron M ^a   Doctor, Jason N ^a   Burns, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Judgment; Observer bias; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033669620     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.16345     Document Type: Article

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