"Preflight Checklists" for diagnosis: A personal experience

Diagnosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-134

  Ely, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Diagnostic error; Differential diagnosis; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPORIATRICS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84987785923     PISSN: 21948011     EISSN: 2194802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/dx-2013-0008     Document Type: Article

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