Doctors' decision processes in a drug-prescription task: The validity of rating scales and think-aloud reports

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-117

  Backlund, Lars ^a   Skånér, Ylva ^a   Montgomery, Henry ^b   Bring, Johan ^c   Strender, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Decision making; Hypercholesterolaemia; Medical decisions; Process tracing; Rating scales; Think aloud; Validity; Verbal reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037621893     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-5978(02)00529-0     Document Type: Review

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