Kassirer, Jerome P.,

Learning clinical reasoning / Jerome P. Kassirer, John B. Wong and Richard I. Kopelman. - Second edition. - Baltimore, Maryland : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010 - xix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diagnostic hypothesis generation -- Refinement of diagnostic hypotheses -- Use and interpretation of diagnostic tests -- Causal reasoning -- Diagnostic verification -- Therapeutic decision making -- Examining evidence -- Cognitive errors -- Some cognitive concepts -- Learning clinical problem solving -- Introduction to the cases -- Diagnostic hypothesis generation -- Refinement of diagnostic hypotheses -- Use and interpretation of diagnostic tests -- Causal reasoning -- Diagnostic verification -- Therapeutic decision making -- Examining evidence -- Cognitive errors -- Some cognitive concepts -- Learning clinical problem solving.

This resource explains the chief components of the clinical reasoning process, including a discussion of cognitive errors. It contains 69 case studies in which clinicians 'think out loud' about diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas, and the authors critique these clinicians' reasoning.

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MEDICAL LOGIC

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