How doctors think, and how software can help avoid cognitive errors in diagnosis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1720-1722

  Segal, Michael ^a  

^a SimulConsult Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN TUMOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSOSTOSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; KYPHOSIS; MACROCEPHALY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 36248941449     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00480.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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