Clinician personality and the evaluation of higher-risk patient symptoms

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Allen, Adrienne S ^a,b,c   Orav, Endel John ^a,b   Lee, Thomas H ^a,b,d   Sequist, Thomas D ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; health care quality improvement; patient safety; primary care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RISK; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIAGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 80052262916     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e318223cb41     Document Type: Article

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