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The cognitive biases of cognitive biases
Author(s) -
Douros George
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.13723
Subject(s) - medicine , blame , cognitive bias , cognition , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology
An increased awareness of the cognitive biases of clinical decision making over the last decade has not resulted in a corresponding decrease in clinician error. The inappropriate use of cognitive bias labels in adverse incident reviews can result in unintentional or intentional blame.