How does a pathologist make a diagnosis?

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-132

  Pena, Gil Patrus ^a,b   De Andrade Filho, José Souza ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FELÍCIO ROCHO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Uberaba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATHOLOGIST; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 58349100735     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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