Ten principles for more conservative, care-full diagnosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 643-645

  Schiff, Gordon D ^a   Martin, Stephen A ^b   Eidelman, David H ^c   Volk, Lynn A ^d   Ruan, Elise ^e   Cassel, Christine ^f   Galanter, William ^g   Johnson, Mark ^h   Jutel, Annemarie ⁱ   Kroenke, Kurt ^j   Lambert, Bruce L ^k   Lexchin, Joel ^l   Myers, Sara ^f   Miller, Alexa ^f   Mushlin, Stuart ^f   Sanders, Lisa ^m   Sheikh, Aziz ⁿ  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Barre Family Health Center   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Section of Academic Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^g Section of Social Medicine   (United States)

^h MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^j REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALPRACTICE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 85056164602     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M18-1468     Document Type: Note

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