Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2015. Vol. 8, no. 3, 91–98
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2015080309
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)
The psychology of diagnostic error
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Keywords: diagnostic error, patient safety, cognitive biases, clinical reasoning, psychology
Journal rubric: Psychodiagnostics
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2015080309
For citation: Zwaan L. The psychology of diagnostic error. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2015. Vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 91–98. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2015080309. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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