Clinical decision-making: How prepared are we?

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Harding, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment training; Decision making; Graduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249800398     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3918.1.2.95     Document Type: Article

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