Prospective study to assess general practitioners' dermatological diagnostic skills in a referral setting

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-82

  Moreno, Gilberto ^a   Tran, Hue ^a   Chia, Alvin L K ^a   Lim, Adrian ^a   Shumack, Stephen ^a  

^a St George Dermatology and Skin Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Diagnostic concordance; Diagnostic performance; Family doctor; Family physician; Skin cancer; Skin condition

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; NEVUS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRECANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKILL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STANDARD; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITILIGO;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34249080317     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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