ABC of Clinical Reasoning (Paperback)

Contributors vi

Preface vii

1 Clinical Reasoning: An Overview 1
Nicola Cooper and John Frain

2 Evidencei¿½-Based History and Examination, 6
Steven McGee and John Frain

3 Using and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests 12
Nicola Cooper

4 Models of Clinical Reasoning 17
Martin Hughes and Graham Nimmo

5 Cognitive Biases 22
Nicola Cooper

6 Human Factors 27
Nicola Cooper

7 Metacognition and Cognitive Debiasing 33
Pat Croskerry

8 Using Guidelines, Scores and Decision Aids 39
Maggie Bartlett and Simon Gay

9 Teaching Clinical Reasoning 44
Nicola Cooper, Ana L. Da Silva and Sian Powell

Recommended Books, Articles and Websites 51

Index 53