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The psychology of error in relation to medical practice
Author(s) -
Pani John R.,
Chariker Julia H.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.20123
Subject(s) - medical practice , relation (database) , human error , clinical practice , medical psychology , medicine , cognition , psychology , medline , medical education , psychiatry , family medicine , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , data mining , political science , law
There is a broad effort underway to reduce the frequency of medical error. This effort will be facilitated by understanding the causes of human error and the methods that serve to reduce it in settings comparable to medical practice. To serve this end, this article is a review of cognitive psychology as it relates to the origins of human error and an application of that material to issues that arise in medical practice. J. Surg. Oncol. 2004;88:130–142. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.