Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine.

Silvia Mamede; Henk G. Schmidt; Remy M J P Rikers

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Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine.

March 21, 2007

Mamede S, Schmidt HG, Rikers RMJP. J Eval Clin Pract. 2006;13(1).

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The authors discuss the relationship between diagnostic errors and doctors' ability to critically reflect on their professional reasoning.

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