Hindsight bias among psychiatrists

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-73

  LeBourgeois III, H W ^a   Pinals, Debra A ^b,c   Williams, Valerie ^d   Appelbaum, Paul S ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program   (United States)

^c Law and Psychiatry Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNAL BIAS; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREJUDICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247495889     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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