Errors in clinical reasoning: Causes and remedial strategies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7711, 2009, Pages 22-25

  Scott, Ian A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 67650087712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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