Does instant access to compiled information undermine clinical cognition?

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9751, 2010, Pages 1510-1511

  Kassirer, Jerome P ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COGNITION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG EMBOLISM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 78049526447     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60895-1     Document Type: Note

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