Understanding clinicians' diagnostic practices: Attitudes toward the utility of diagnosis and standardized diagnostic tools

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 476-485

  Jensen Doss, Amanda ^a   Hawley, Kristin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Evidence based assessmetn; Provider attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 81755188297     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-011-0334-3     Document Type: Article

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