A retrospective review of the neuropsychological test performance of physicians referred for medical infractions

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-170

  Perry, William ^a   Crean, Rebecca D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Category Test; Intelligence; Neuropsychological testing; Physicians; WAIS R

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 13544277494     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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