Diagnosing crime and diagnosing disease part 1 and part 2. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Diagnosing crime and diagnosing disease part 1 and part 2. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published November 2017

Diagnosing crime and diagnosing disease—part 1 and part 2.

Satya-Murti S, Lockhart JJ. J Forensic Sci. 2017;62:1534-1541; 2018 Jan 16; [Epub ahead of print].

These reviews explore how bias can affect decision making in the forensic and clinical sciences. The first review introduces cognitive bias and suggests interdisciplinary approaches to reducing error. The second review focuses on visual processing and how context can help with debiasing to reduce diagnostic mistakes.

PubMed citationsAvailable at: Part 1Available at: Part 2

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