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multiple alternatives bias: a standalone construct

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the tendency, when many diagnostic options exist, to narrow attention to a small familiar set and neglect the rest.

In clinical reasoning, multiple alternatives bias refers to the tendency, when many diagnostic options exist, to narrow attention to a small familiar set and neglect the rest. This meaning comes from Croskerry (2003) in Academic Medicine.[1]

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References

  1. Croskerry, P. (2003). The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them. Academic Medicine, 78(8), 775-780. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200308000-00003

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