Cognitive biases affect clinical judgment

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 29 Nov 2011 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 343, pages d7705-d7705 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Ibrahim, Imam;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7705

pmid: 22127451

Cognitive biases affect clinical judgment

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Abstract

Berghmans and Schouten highlight the role of cognitive errors in causing delayed diagnoses.1 The problem seemed to be localising the site of a pathological process rather than diagnosing a rare disease. With hindsight, severe back pain, difficulty in walking, and leg spasms should have prompted early magnetic resonance imaging or a specialist …

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Torbay Hospital
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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Keywords

Male, Humans, Family Practice, Low Back Pain

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