Integrating intuition and reasoning: How Balint groups can help medical decision making

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 987-989

  Lichtenstein, Albert ^a   Lustig, Marion ^b  

^a Robert Packer Hospital   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 39049181822     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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