Cognitive bias in clinical medicine. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Cognitive bias in clinical medicine. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published September 2018

Cognitive bias in clinical medicine.

O'Sullivan ED, Schofield SJ. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2018;48:225-232.

Cognitive biases can lead to unnecessary treatment and delays in diagnosis. This commentary reviews examples of bias that commonly occur in medical practice and describes debiasing tactics to help improve decision-making.

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