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Decision Analysis in General Practice

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Decision-Making in General Practice

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Decisions made by general practitioners differ in many ways from those facing hospital doctors. The general practitioner deals with a wide range of unselected problems. Time is limited and there are many social and psychological factors that affect management.

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  1. B. J. Essex
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  1. Department of Community Health, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

    Michael Sheldon

  2. Digital Equipment Co Ltd, Reading, UK

    John Brooke

  3. Medical Computation Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

    Alan Rector

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Essex, B.J. (1985). Decision Analysis in General Practice. In: Sheldon, M., Brooke, J., Rector, A. (eds) Decision-Making in General Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07159-3_18

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