Clinical intuition in family medicine: More than first impressions

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-66

  Woolley, Amanda ^a   Kostopoulou, Olga ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical decision method; Decision making; Diagnosis; Family practice; Intuition; Judgment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTUITION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SELF REPORT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872296431     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1433     Document Type: Article

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