Presentation of diagnostic information to doctors may change their interpretation and clinical management: A web-based randomised controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a   Collin, Simon M ^a   Quekett, James ^b   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Whiting, Penny ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Doctorsnetuk   (United Kingdom)

^c KLEIJNEN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOMOGRAM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERNET; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84940174485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128637     Document Type: Article

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