The Cognitive Autopsy A Root Cause Analysis of Medical Decision Making Test Bank

Unlock the Secrets of Medical Error Prevention

Behind heart disease and cancer, medical error is now listed as one of the leading causes of death. Of the many medical errors that may lead to injury and death, diagnostic failure is regarded as the most significant.

Root Cause Analysis of Medical Adverse Events

The Cognitive Autopsy is a novel strategy towards understanding medical error and diagnostic failure in 42 clinical cases. It describes a cognitive approach towards root cause analysis of medical adverse events or near misses.

Cognitive Biases and Decision Making Flaws

The book illustrates unequivocally that chief among these cognitive processes are cognitive biases and other flaws in decision making, rather than knowledge deficits.

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