Critical thinking in clinical practice : improving the quality of judgments and decisions
Decisions are influenced by a variety of fallacies and biases that we can learn how to avoid. Critical thinking values, knowledge, and skills, therefore, are integral to evidence-based practice. These emphasize the importance of recognizing ignorance as well as knowledge and the vital role of criticism in discovering how to make better decisions
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Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice: Improving the Quality of Judgments and Decisions Contents Preface Chapter 1: The Need for Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice. Chapter 2: Sources of Influence on Decisions That Clinicians Make Chapter 3: Reasons and Reasoning: The Heart of Making Decisions. Chapter 4: Different Views of Knowledge and How to Get It: Exploring Your Personal Epistemology Chapter 5: The Influence of Language and Persuasion Strategies. Chapter 6: Formal and Informal Fallacies: Mistakes in Thinking and How to Avoid Them Chapter 7: Classification, Pseudoauthority, and Focusing on Pathology Chapter 8: Content and Procedural Knowledge. Chapter 9: Taking Advantage of Research on Judgment, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
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