Purpose Globally, health care practitioners (HCPs) practice in a variety of settings. To
account for the diversity of these contexts, HCPs should utilize dynamic clinical reasoning …

Healthcare practice operates in increasingly more complex, diverse and uncertain
environments. Patients and clients of health care are better informed, technology is …

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CHAPTERAIMS The aims of this chapter are to: ■ discuss the effect of neoliberal policies and …

Early descriptions of clinical reasoning have described a dual process model that relies on
analytical or nonanalytical approaches to develop a working diagnosis. In this classic …

The complexity of clinical reasoning is inherent in the very nature of the task or challenge,
faced by novice and expert alike. This challenge is to process multiple variables …

Clinical reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. Totally revised and
updated, this book continues to provide the essential text on the theoretical basis of clinical …

In this chapter we present research (Ajjawi 2006; Ajjawi et al 2004, 2005a, b) investigating
how practitioners develop the ability to understand and communicate their reasoning and …

There is broad agreement that skills in clinical reasoning are critical to addressing the
complexities of current and future healthcare practices. Although there is no singularly …

This chapter addresses five questions: What is clinical reasoning as a metapractice? What
are key elements of context in clinical reasoning and professional decision-making and what …

Clinical reasoning is an essential component of a health professional's practice. Yet clinical
reasoning research has produced a notably fragmented body of literature. In this article, the …