Cognitive Autopsy: A Root Cause Analysis of Medical Decision Making

by Pat Croskerry

Behind heart disease and cancer, medical error is now listed as one of the leading causes of death. Of the many medical errors that may lead to injury and death, diagnostic failure is regarded as the most significant. Generally, the majority of diagnostic failures are attributed to the clinicians directly involved with the patient, and to a lesser extent, the system in which they work. In turn, the majority of errors made by clinicians are due to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190088745
• ISBN13: 9780190088743
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"