The clinician as subject: Practitioners are prone to the same judgment errors as everyone else

The Great Ideas of Clinical Science: 17 Principles That Every Mental Health Professional Should Understand

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 29-47

  Ruscio, John ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203942789     Document Type: Chapter

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