Improving medical diagnoses by understanding how they are made

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 277-280

  Sutherland, D C ^a  

^a Nineways Specialist Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic errors; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036378182     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00212.x     Document Type: Review

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