Information distortion in physicians' diagnostic judgments

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 831-839

  Kostopoulou, Olga ^a   Russo, J Edward ^b   Keenan, Greg ^a   Delaney, Brendan C ^a   Douiri, Abdel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive bias; commitment; confidence; diagnostic reasoning; experience; information distortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84870521919     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X12447241     Document Type: Article

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