The Role of Illness Scripts in the Development of Medical Diagnostic Expertise: Results From an Interview Study
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cognition and Instruction
- Vol. 16 (4) , 367-398
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532690xci1604_1
Abstract
In this article, we describe a study in which some current ideas about illness scripts are tested. Participants at 4 levels of medical expertise were asked to describe either a prototypical patient...Keywords
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