Missed opportunities for diagnosis: Lessons learned from diagnostic errors in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 641, 2015, Pages e838-e844

  Goyder, Clare R ^a   Jones, Caroline H D ^a   Heneghan, Carl J ^a   Thompson, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Decision making; Diagnosis; Diagnostic errors; Education; General practice

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84948949411     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X687889     Document Type: Article

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