Diagnosis and its underlying clinical reasoning are central to
medical practice. Formerly, both doctors and patients alike tended
to view diagnosis as an art, an intuitive ability that could not be
taught but that emerged only after extensive clinical experience.
However in these days of public accountability, the ability of
doctors to properly understand and diagnose patient problems is
more crucial than ever. Concern for patient safety has led
healthcare providers to campaign strongly to reduce levels of
patient-related adverse events. Once, these were viewed as a
regrettable but mostly unavoidable consequence of the uncertainty
inherent in medicine. But the evidence is that many are highly
preventable. In particular, the level of diagnostic error, the
second largest cause of adverse events overall, highlights both the
importance of the diagnostic process in medical care and the need
for universities and medical educators to graduate doctors with
strong diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills. This work explores
the nature, role in diagnosis and development of clinical
reasoning, and looks to apply the insights gained to undergraduate
and postgraduate medical education.
General
Imprint: |
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
May 2008 |
First published: |
May 2008 |
Authors: |
Michele Groves
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
260 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-00954-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
General
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LSN: |
3-639-00954-1 |
Barcode: |
9783639009545 |
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