Uncertainty and the taking of clinical decisions;Incertidumbre y la toma de decisiones clínicas

Atencion primaria / Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 560-564

  Loayssa Lara, José Ramón ^a   Tandeter, H ^b  

^a Centro de Salud de Noain   (Spain)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 2242483558     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0212-6567(01)70448-9     Document Type: Article

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