The Poison Review

Jerome Groopman’s article in a recent issue of New York Review of Books is well-worth reading.  It discusses various types of cognitive errors in medicine (e.g., anchoring, availability, and atrribution), referring to the landmark work of Tversky and Kahneman in the 1970s.  Dr. Groopman also notes how the increasingly prevalent factory or commodity model of medicine makes the occurrence of cognitive errors more likely.  Highly recommended.