Understanding diagnostic errors in medicine: A lesson from aviation

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-164

  Singh, H ^a,b   Petersen, L A ^b   Thomas, E J ^c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; AVIATION; AWARENESS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AVIATION; COGNITION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745250092     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2005.016444     Document Type: Review

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