Table of Contents

Part I: THE PROCESSES OF CLINICAL REASONING

1: Overview

2: Diagnostic Hypothesis Generation

3: Refinement of Diagnostic Hypotheses

4: Use and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

5: Causal Reasoning

6: Diagnostic Verification

7: Therapeutic Decision Making

8: Examining Evidence

9: Cognitive Errors

10: Some Cognitive Concepts

11: Learning Clinical Problem Solving

Part II: COGNITION AT THE BEDSIDE: A SET OF EXAMPLES

12: Introduction to the Cases

13: Diagnostic Hypothesis Generation

14: Refinement of Diagnostic Hypotheses

15: Use and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests

16: Causal Reasoning

17: Diagnostic Verification

18: Therapeutic Decision Making

19: Examining Evidence

20: Cognitive Errors

21: Some Cognitive Concepts

22: Learning Clinical Problem Solving