Who makes the diagnosis? The role of clinical skills and diagnostic test results

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Wahner Roedler, Dietlind L ^a   Chaliki, Swarna S ^b   Bauer, Brent A ^a   Bundrick, John B ^a   Bergstrom, Larry R ^a   Lee, Mark C ^a   Cha, Stephen S ^a   Elkin, Peter L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Diagnosis; Diagnostic techniques and procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249000988     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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