Cognitive Errors and Diagnostic Mistakes: A Case-Based Guide to Critical Thinking in Medicine - Softcover

Howard, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319932233 ISBN 13: 9783319932231

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This case-based book illustrates and explores common cognitive biases and their consequences in the practice of medicine. The book begins with an introduction that explains the concept of cognitive errors and their importance in clinical medicine and current controversies within healthcare. The core of the book features chapters dedicated to particular cognitive biases; cases are presented and followed by a discussion of the clinician's rationale and an overview of the particular cognitive bias. Engaging and easy to read, this text provides strategies on minimizing cognitive errors in various medical and professional settings.

About this title

About the Author

Jonathan Howard MD

Assistant Professor, Neurology and Psychiatry

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, NY

Review

“This book is a textbook explaining our cognitive errors. Its theme is medicine but the same errors occur everywhere. We all need to understand our psychological foibles in order to think clearly about every aspect of our lives and to make the best decisions. Every doctor would benefit from reading this book, and I wish it could be required reading in medical schools. I wish everyone who considers trying CAM would read it first.” (Sciene-Based Medicine, sciencebasedmedicine.org, January, 2019)

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 3319932233
• ISBN 13: 9783319932231
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 601