The role and importance of cognitive studies in patient safety

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Editorial

David W Bates et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;24(7):414-6.

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003483.

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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Keywords: Adverse events, epidemiology and detection; Cognitive biases; Decision support, computerized; Diagnostic errors; Human factors.

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