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Comment
. 2003 Aug;78(8):782.
doi: 10.1097/00001888-200308000-00005.

Cognitive underpinnings of diagnostic error

Ruthanna Gordon  1 , Nancy Franklin
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Cognitive underpinnings of diagnostic error

Ruthanna Gordon et al. Acad Med. 2003 Aug.

Abstract

Unfortunately, general limits in cognitive performance extend to diagnostic situations. The authors remain optimistic about reducing cognition-based error, but not as optimistic as Croskerry (see his accompanying article), since the reality is that predictable patterns of error will persist.

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