Clinical decision making in a high-risk primary care environment: A qualitative study in the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Balla, John ^a   Heneghan, Carl ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^a   Balla, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL REASONING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859055105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000414     Document Type: Article

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