RT Journal
A1 Foppa M, Schneider de Araujo B, Macari A, Reichert R, Goldim J
T1 LImitations in the use of qualitative terms to inform diagnoses
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD July 25
VO 171
IS 14
SP 1291
OP 1292
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.307
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.307
AB 
The use of qualitative terms to describe the probability of disease is a potential source of misunderstanding and inaccuracy,1- 6 and the use of probabilities has been a main supportive tool to deal with uncertainty in evidence-based diagnosis. Considering this, we have investigated how patients, medical students, and physicians quantify in probabilities the meaning of common terms used to indicate the presence of a disease.