Interclinician variation in diabetes foot assessment - A national lottery?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 196-199

  Thompson, L ^a   Nester, C ^b   Stuart, Louise ^b   Wiles, P ^c  

^a St Catherines Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinician variation; Foot health assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PODIATRY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETIC FOOT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; PODIATRY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13444283589     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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