How clinical decisions are made

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 614-620

  Bate, Louise ^a   Hutchinson, Andrew ^a   Underhill, Jonathan ^a   Maskrey, Neal ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delivery of healthcare; Evidence based practice; Judgement; Models; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INSULIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; CRITICAL THINKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THORAX PAIN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865841725     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04366.x     Document Type: Article

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