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Bergman, David A.; Pantell, Robert H. – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
A study of the effect of reading a recent clinical study on pediatricians', pediatric residents', and family practitioners' decisions concerning treatment of a common, potentially serious problem revealed a considerable influence but physician difficulty in using probability data and reliance on intuition rather than calculation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Family Practice (Medicine)