Effect of a patient's psychiatric history on physicians' estimation of probability of disease

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-206

  Graber, Mark A ^a,d   Bergus, George ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b   Wood, G Blake ^b   Levy, Barcey T ^a   Levin, Irwin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Depression; Medical decision making; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PATIENT; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0034066611     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.04399.x     Document Type: Article

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