Clinician mindfulness and patient safety.

Erica M. S Sibinga; Albert W. Wu

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Clinician mindfulness and patient safety.

December 15, 2010

Sibinga EMS, Wu AW. JAMA. 2010;304(22).

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This commentary discusses the role of physician mindfulness in recognizing cognitive biases that contribute to diagnostic error.

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