An elderly woman with 'heart failure': cognitive biases and diagnostic error.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Errors in diagnosis can arise from the clinician's cognitive biases as well as from problems in the healthcare system. Here the authors review a case with a bad outcome to analyze what went wrong and why.
Medical subject headings
- Bias
- Cognition
- Diagnostic Errors
- Heart Failure