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Diagnostic error and clinical reasoning
Journal article

Diagnostic error and clinical reasoning

Abstract

CONTEXT: There is a growing literature on diagnostic errors. The consensus of this literature is that most errors are cognitive and result from the application of one or more cognitive biases. Such biased reasoning is usually associated with 'System 1' (non-analytic, pattern recognition) thinking. METHODS: We review this literature and bring in evidence from two other fields: research on clinical reasoning, and research in psychology on …

Authors

Norman GR; Eva KW

Journal

Medical Education, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 94–100

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

January 2010

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03507.x

ISSN

0308-0110