The influence of a professional physician network on clinical decision making

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 496-503

  Cohen, Dikla Agur ^a   Levy, Meira ^b   Cohen Castel, Orit ^a   Karkabi, Khaled ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Community of practice; Knowledge management; Physician professional network; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIAN NETWORK; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84888359183     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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