Understanding the Nonrational Components of Choice

Understanding the Nonrational Components of Choice

Who doesn’t love to think about the nonrational components of medical decisions and choices? If you know me, you know I’m fascinated by the decisions we make, both as doctors and as patients. Why do doctors and patients make choices that seem to fly in...
Nonrational Cognitive Processes in Medical Decision Making

Nonrational Cognitive Processes in Medical Decision Making

What are the processes that contribute to errors in medical decision making? Certainly, medical decision making is complex, and simple knowledge gaps could be to blame. But very often, experienced physicians make medical decision errors in the form of cognitive...

Will Algorithms Replace Doctors? Not So Elementary, Watson.

Are doctors necessary? Just how far might the automation of medicine go? These are questions posed by Jonathon Cohn in his article “The Robot Will See You Now” recently published in the Atlantic magazine and online. The article is about the computer Watson – yep, the...

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