Family practitioners' diagnostic decision-making processes regarding patients with respiratory tract infections: An observational study

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 810-818

  Fischer, Thomas ^a,b   Fischer, Susanne ^a,b   Himmel, Wolfgang ^a,b   Kochen, Michael M ^a,b   Hummers Pradier, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Diagnostic strategy; Direct observation study; Respiratory tract infection; Simple heuristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHECKLIST; COMMON COLD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049148621     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08315254     Document Type: Article

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