![]() ![]() ![]() When considering whether the patient should be treated or not, this bias leads one toward treatment, as it is-wrongly-believed that one is therefore “doing something” for the patient. In fact, being more aware of these potential cognitive traps might well prevent one from making many of the clinical errors described in this book.Ī commission bias is the tendency toward action rather than inaction. By doing this, Groopman highlights several types of common cognitive errors made by physicians. He also presents cases in which difficult diagnoses were arrived at correctly, drawing attention to the important differences between the cognitive processes at play in each case and the resultant outcome. In each chapter, Groopman presents cases in which particular diagnoses were arrived at in error, often by separate, but not always independently thinking, physicians. He approaches this in a case-based manner, by way of analyzing mistakes made in diagnosis and treatment. ![]() In How Doctors Think, Groopman analyzes how physicians come to make diagnostic and treatment decisions, and how this process can be improved upon. WEAKNESSES Does not quantify the consequences of errors made in clinical decision makingĪUDIENCE Medical professionals and the general public STRENGTHS Addresses an important but often overlooked topic ![]()
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