Critical Thinking and Decisionmaking: Avoiding the Perils of Thin-Slicing

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 720-722

  Croskerry, Patrick ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COGNITION; CRITICAL THINKING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTUITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY;

EID: 33750965409     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.030     Document Type: Editorial

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