A Universal Model of Diagnostic Reasoning

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1022-1028

  Croskerry, Pat ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DUAL PROCESS THEORY; HUMAN; INTUITIVE APPROACH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THEORY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 68949183183     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ace703     Document Type: Review

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