How (should) physicians think? A journey from behavioral economics to the bedside

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1233-1235

  Pauker, Stephen G ^a   Wong, John B ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; UNCERTAINTY; WORKLOAD; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHICS; LOGIC; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GOALS; HUMANS; LOGIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77956637418     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1336     Document Type: Editorial

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