Clinical judgement in the interpretation of evidence: A Bayesian approach

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1489-1497

  Harbison, Jean ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Clinical decision making; Clinical judgement; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NURSING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33751258611     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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