Sunday, October 20, 2013

Making Bad Decisions: Medical And Otherwise

Why We Make Bad Decisions by Noreena Hertz.  Opinion.  The New York Times.  October 19, 2013.

(1)  Studies have shown that __________________ patients are misdiagnosed.

(2)  An estimated __________ hospital deaths each could have been prevented with the proper disease diagnosis.

(3)  A study at Emory University showed that when confronted with the expert, the independent decision-making parts of many subjects brains ________________________.

(4)  It is crucial not only to ask questions of experts  but also ____________.

(5)  How does optimism distort decision-making?

(6)  We need to push ourselves to hear ________  as well as the __________.

(7)  The author learned in his research that the super-confident ________________ did not always perform well.

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