The cognitive biases of cognitive biases.

George Douros
Author Information
  1. George Douros: Emergency Department, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ORCID

Abstract

An increased awareness of the cognitive biases of clinical decision making over the last decade has not resulted in a corresponding decrease in clinician error. The inappropriate use of cognitive bias labels in adverse incident reviews can result in unintentional or intentional blame.

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MeSH Term

Bias
Clinical Decision-Making
Cognition
Decision Making
Delivery of Health Care
Humans

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