A clinical judgement analysis of prescribing decisions in general practice

Travail Humain

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-109

  Harries, C ^a   Evans, J St B T ^b   Dennis, I ^b   Dean, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

General practice; Implicit processes; Insight; Judgement analysis; Patient management; Prescribing; Tacit processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040651979     PISSN: 00411868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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