Does inappropriate selectivity in information use relate to diagnostic errors and patient harm? The diagnosis of patients with dyspnea

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-38

  Zwaan, Laura ^a   Thijs, Abel ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b   Timmermans, Daniëlle R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Diagnostic error; Diagnostic reasoning; Dyspnea patients; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INAPPROPRIATE SELECTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNIST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; NETHERLANDS; PANCREATITIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEPTIC SHOCK; VIRUS INFECTION;

COGNITIVE BIASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DYSPNEA PATIENTS; PATIENT SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84880388634     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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