Decisions, decisions: Emergency physician evaluation of low probability-high morbidity conditions

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 534-535

  Schriger, David L ^a,c   Brown, Todd B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; DECISION THEORY; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944506843     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.06.445     Document Type: Editorial

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