Reducing Diagnostic Errors — Why Now?
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Teaching for Reducing Diagnostic Errors.
Diagnostic errors, constituted by a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis detected later by additional tests or findings, are one of the most vexing issues in medicine. They are one of the commonest causes of patient- harm and also medical negligence claims. Although a variety of constructs have been proposed to explain diagnostic errors, the complex interplay of cognitive- and system-factors tha...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1508044