The role of differential diagnoses in self-triage decision-making

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-51

  Hall, Elizabeth C ^a   Cooper, Andrew A ^b   Watter, Scott ^a   Humphreys, Karin R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Differential diagnosis; Medicine; Self triage; Urgency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953705702     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2009.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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