Missed opportunities for diagnosis: lessons learned from diagnostic errors in primary care
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Missed opportunities for diagnosis: lessons learned from diagnostic errors in primary care.
BACKGROUND Because of the difficulties inherent in diagnosis in primary care, it is inevitable that diagnostic errors will occur. However, despite the important consequences associated with diagnostic errors and their estimated high prevalence, teaching and research on diagnostic error is a neglected area. AIM To ascertain the key learning points from GPs' experiences of diagnostic errors and...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15x687889