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LOPEZ JORDI, María del Carmen  e  GOMEZ, Alicia. Clinical reasoning and diagnostic error. Odontoestomatología [online]. 2025, vol.27, n.45, e340.  Epub 01-Jun-2025. ISSN 0797-0374.  https://doi.org/10.22592/ode2025n45e340.

The diagnostic process in healthcare is complex, context-dependent, interactive, and non-linear. It can involve patients, families, individual clinicians, and healthcare teams. Reducing diagnostic errors is a key objective in the health professions due to their associated morbidity and potential preventability. Diagnostic errors are typically multifactorial in origin, involving both system-related factors and cognitive components. The mechanisms for addressing cognitive errors have been studied less extensively than those related to system factors. Scientific literature suggests that both Type 1 (intuitive) and Type 2 (analytical) reasoning contribute to diagnostic errors. This study examines different types of errors based on various authors' perspectives and the reasoning processes that can lead to error.

Palavras-chave : Clinical reasoning; diagnosis; diagnostic errors; biases.

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