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From Mindless to Mindful Practice — Cognitive Bias and Clinical Decision Making

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  • Pat Croskerry, M.D., Ph.D.

Much diagnostic error is caused by cognitive bias. More than 100 biases affecting clinical decision making have been described, and many medical disciplines acknowledge their pervasive influence on our thinking. Training in critical thinking may ameliorate the problem.

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Author Affiliations

From the Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

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