Clinical judgment : a study of clinical error /

"This book surveys the entire field of clinical judgment, evaluating the factors which determine the validity of clinical judgments. A chapter on Pseudo-clinical judgments describes common types of false judgments. The whole area of clinical judgment is reevaluated in terms of diagnostic proces...

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Main Author: Thorne, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-1978 (Author)
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brandon, VT : Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1961.
Series:PsychBooks Collection
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This book surveys the entire field of clinical judgment, evaluating the factors which determine the validity of clinical judgments. A chapter on Pseudo-clinical judgments describes common types of false judgments. The whole area of clinical judgment is reevaluated in terms of diagnostic processes involved in all judgments. The main part of the book consists of a study of clinical errors in which a large sample of clinical psychologists contribute protocols describing actual instances of clinical error"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 165 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.