Heuristics and biases - A biased perspective on clinical reasoning

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 870-872

  Eva, Kevin W ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 24744447419     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02258.x     Document Type: Note

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