The extent of Depressive phenomena among patients with nonspecific somatic complaints
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Correlates of diagnostic accuracy in patients with nonspecific complaints.
OBJECTIVE To investigate diagnostic accuracy in patient histories involving nonspecific complaints and the extent to which characteristics of physicians and structural properties of patient histories are associated with accuracy. METHODS Six histories of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with nonspecific complaints were provided to 112 physicians: 36 ED physicians, 50 inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0253-7176,0975-1564
DOI: 10.1177/0975156419950105