Better clinical decision making and reducing diagnostic error

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-162

  Croskerry, P ^a   Nimmo, G R ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; Decision making; Diagnosis; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CRITICAL THINKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMOTIONALITY; ERROR; INTUITION; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THINKING;

EID: 80052732394     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2011.208     Document Type: Review

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