Cognitive biases and heuristics in medical decision making: A critical review using a systematic search strategy

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 539-557

  Blumenthal Barby, J S ^a   Krieger, Heather ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral economics; biases; decision making; heuristics

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEURISTICS; HUMAN; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEURISTICS; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84928989646     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X14547740     Document Type: Review

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