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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 9/2020

01-09-2020 | Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Overcoming Inertia: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning

Authors: Julia Loewenthal, MD, Houman Javedan, MD, Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 9/2020

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In this series, a clinician extemporaneously discusses the diagnostic approach (regular text) to sequentially presented clinical information (bold). Additional commentary on the diagnostic reasoning process (italics) is integrated throughout the discussion. …
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Metadata
Title
Overcoming Inertia: an Exercise in Clinical Reasoning
Authors
Julia Loewenthal, MD
Houman Javedan, MD
Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-09-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05928-6

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