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Volume 7, Issue 1
June 2001

HINDSIGHT BIAS
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Jurors have difficulty accepting the existence and effect of hindsight bias

Hindsight bias distorts second opinions

The fact that other non-negligent treating physicians perpetuated a misdiagnosis does not make the original error less substandard

The traditional methods of obtaining medical expert opinions should be materially modified to allow for hindsight bias

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