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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 6/2017

01-06-2017 | Clinical Practice: Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

The Importance of Framing

Authors: Stephen Stuart, MD, JR Hartig, MD, Lisa Willett, MD MACM

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 6/2017

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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
The Importance of Framing
Authors
Stephen Stuart, MD
JR Hartig, MD
Lisa Willett, MD MACM
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3964-z

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