Kassirer, Jerome P.,   1932- <br/><br/>
Learning clinical reasoning / 
Jerome P. Kassirer, John B. Wong and Richard I. Kopelman. 
 - Second edition. 
 - Baltimore, MD :   Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health,  ©2010. 
 - xix, 329 pages :   illustrations ;   26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780781795159 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MEDICAL LOGIC.<br/>MEDICAL LOGIC -- CASE STUDIES.<br/>DIAGNOSIS.<br/>CLINICAL MEDICINE -- DECISION MAKING.<br/>DECISION MAKING.<br/>CLINICAL MEDICINE.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R 723 .K37 2010