Better off not knowing: Improving clinical care by limiting physician access to unsolicited diagnostic information

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-488

  Volk, Michael L ^a   Ubel, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT RIGHT; PHENYLKETONURIA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79955165309     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.63     Document Type: Article

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