Hindsight bias, outcome knowledge and adaptive learning

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Henriksen, K ^a   Kaplan, H ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LEARNING; ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HINDSITE BIAS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEARNING; MEMORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE MEMORY; WITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEMORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346325824     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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