Abstract

A phenomenon occurring early in the pandemic involving media-based recommendations of pulse oximeters, devices purported to detect a dangerous Covid-19 symptom, invites attention to effects of decision-making shortcuts, or cognitive heuristics, and associated cognitive biases or errors, on patient/caregiver healthcare decisions. Heuristics also affect palliative/medical social workers’ recommendations to patients/caregivers. This article looks at availability, confirmation, affect, false consensus and framing biases, and suggestions for debiasing decision making. Implications for other healthcare decisions are considered.

中文翻译：

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认知启发式和偏见对姑息性社会工作者支持患者和护理人员决策的影响：COVID-19 大流行期间的脉搏血氧仪购买趋势

摘要

大流行早期发生的一种现象涉及基于媒体的脉搏血氧仪推荐，这些设备旨在检测危险的 Covid-19 症状，引起人们对决策捷径或认知启发法以及相关认知偏差或错误对患者的影响的关注/护理人员医疗保健决定。启发式方法还会影响姑息治疗/医疗社会工作者对患者/护理人员的建议。本文着眼于可用性、确认、影响、错误共识和框架偏见，以及消除偏见决策的建议。考虑对其他医疗保健决策的影响。