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contextual error  

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  • Overlooking contextual information in the process of medical decision making can have predictable and avoidable adverse effects as significant as those that result from overlooking biomedical signs of a pathophysiologic condition. The failure, for instance, to recognize that a patient is not able to take a medication correctly (e.g., because of cognitive disabilities or cost) may have the same consequences as the failure to prescribe the medication correctly. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Contextual Error]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HQTM01CX-7

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