"First, know thyself": cognition and error in medicine.

Fabrizio Elia; Franco Aprà; Andrea Verhovez; Vincenzo Crupi

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"First, know thyself": cognition and error in medicine.

June 3, 2015

Elia F, Aprà F, Verhovez A, et al. Acta Diabetol. 2016;53(2):169-175.

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Cognition has been recognized as a human factor that can contribute to medical error. This review explores cognitive psychology as a method to understand diagnostic error, particularly clinicians' tendency to rely on heuristics when deeper reasoning is required.

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