Reexamining our bias against heuristics

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 457-464

  McLaughlin, Kevin ^a   Eva, Kevin W ^b   Norman, Geoff R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEURISTICS; HUMAN;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEURISTICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84903884803     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-014-9518-4     Document Type: Article

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