The role of emotion in clinical decision making: an integrative literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditionally, clinical decision making has been perceived as a purely rational and cognitive process. Recently, a number of authors have linked emotional intelligence (EI) to clinical decision making (CDM) and calls have been made for an increased focus on EI skills for clinicians. The objective of this integrative literature review was to identify and synthesise the empirical evidence for a role of emotion in CDM.

Methods

A systematic search of the bibliographic databases PubMed, PsychINFO, and CINAHL (EBSCO) was conducted to identify empirical studies of clinician populations. Search terms were focused to identify studies reporting clinician emotion OR clinician emotional intelligence OR emotional competence AND clinical decision making OR clinical reasoning.

SUBMITTER: Kozlowski D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5732402 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature