Special Concern: Clinical decision making in evaluating patients: a process study
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Special Care in Dentistry
- Vol. 10 (3) , 78-83
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-4505.1990.tb00762.x
Abstract
A volunteer patient was examined by five dentists experienced in caring for geriatric patients. The patient and dentist interaction was videotaped and reviewed to evaluate a previously generated hypothesis regarding the diagnosis process. This descriptive study suggests that dentists experienced in geriatric care did assess and evaluate a wide range of patient characteristics. However, they did not follow the previously hypothesized process in arriving at an appropriate treatment plan. Instead, they relied heavily on past experiences with similar situations. The possible implications of this process for treatment planning and teaching of geriatric dentistry are discussed.Keywords
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