Swapping horses midstream: Factors related to physicians' changing their minds about a diagnosis

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1112-1117

  Eva, Kevin W ^b   Link, Carol L ^a   Lutfey, Karen E ^a   McKinlay, John B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 77954946978     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e16103     Document Type: Article

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