Misdiagnosis: analysis based on case record review with proposals aimed to improve diagnostic processes.

Graham Neale; Helen Hogan; Nick Sevdalis

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Misdiagnosis: analysis based on case record review with proposals aimed to improve diagnostic processes.

September 7, 2011

Neale G, Hogan H, Sevdalis N. Clin Med (Lond). 2011;11(4):317-321.

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The various types of cognitive biases that can lead to diagnostic errors are discussed in the context of the different phases of a patient's hospitalization.

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