Do GPs report diagnostic errors?

Family Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Kostopoulou, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENT REPORT; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT REFERRAL; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; THINKING;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 41149166766     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn014     Document Type: Editorial

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