How to make good-enough risk decisions

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-198

  Carroll, Andrew ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; INFORMATION; INTUITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLANNING; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 68949198331     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.005439     Document Type: Article

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