Cognitive biases associated with medical decisions: a systematic review

Saposnik, Gustavo; A. Redelmeier, Donald; C. Ruff, Christian; N. Tobler, Philippe

doi:10.1186/s12911-016-0377-1

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Cognitive biases associated with medical decisions: a systematic review

Published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making • Nov 3, 2016

Authors:

Gustavo Saposnik

Donald A. Redelmeier

Christian C. Ruff

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cognitive biases and personality traits (aversion to risk or ambiguity) may lead to diagnostic inaccuracies and medical errors resulting in mismanagement or inadequate utilization of resources. We conducted a systematic review with four objectives: 1) to identify the most common cognitiv...

Subject

Cognitive bias

Overconfidence effect

Cognition

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