Commentary on: Dror IE, Melinek J, Arden JL, Kukucka J, Hawkins S, Carter J, et al. Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions. J Forensic Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14697. Epub 2021 Feb 20
J Forensic Sci
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2021 Nov;66(6):2541-2544.
doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14843.
Epub 2021 Sep 9.
Authors
Brian L Peterson
1
,
Michael Arnall
2
,
Sarah Avedschmidt
3
,
Dean Beers
4
,
Michael Bell
5
,
Stephanie Burton
6
,
Mary Case
7
,
Michele Catellier
8
,
Stephen Cina
9
,
Stephen Cohle
10
,
Kim Collins
11
,
Adam Covach
12
,
Jamie Downs
13
,
Erin Ely
7
,
Susan Ely
14
,
Mark Fajardo
15
,
Marcella Fierro
16
,
Dave Fowler
17
,
Randy Frost
18
,
John Fudenberg
19
,
Aldo Fusaro
20
,
James Gill
21
,
Thomas Gilson
22
,
Charles Glenn
23
,
Gary Goldfogel
24
,
Stuart Graham
25
,
Patrick John Greenwell
26
,
Lee Ann Grossberg
27
,
Christopher Gulledge
28
,
Michael Handler
29
,
Patrick Hansma
30
,
Kent Harshbarger
31
,
Amy Hawes
32
,
Fredric Hellman
33
,
Michael Heninger
34
,
Leigh Hlavaty
35
,
Paul Hoyer
36
,
Deborah Johnson
37
,
Michelle Jorden
38
,
Douglas Kelley
1
,
Kilak Kesha
23
,
Roland Kohr
39
,
Alison Krywanczyk
40
,
Lee Lehman
31
,
Christopher Lochmuller
41
,
Scott Luzi
42
,
Ashley Mathew
26
,
Edward McDonough
43
,
Darinka Mileusnic
41
,
Elizabeth Miller
44
,
Chris Milroy
45
,
Paul Morrow
23
,
William Oliver
41
,
Andrea Orvik
46
,
Maneesha Pandey
47
,
Thomas Parsons
48
,
Robert Pfalzgraf
49
,
Abraham Philip
28
,
Christopher Poulos
50
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Joe Prahlow
51
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Steven Pustilnik
52
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Deborah Radisch
53
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Valerie Rao
54
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Katherine Raven
55
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Tom Resk
56
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Karen Ross
57
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Tom Rudd
58
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Carl Schmidt
35
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Gregory Schmunk
59
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Mary Ann Sens
60
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Mark Shelly
61
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Kenneth Snell
62
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Kris Sperry
63
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Simon Stables
23
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Jay Stahl-Herz
64
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Michael Steckbauer
65
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Mark Super
66
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Marius Tarau
67
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Jon Thogmartin
68
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Lee Tormos
69
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Rexson Tse
23
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Suzanne Utley
54
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Russell Vega
54
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Karl Williams
70
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Barbara Wolf
71
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Ron Wright
72
Affiliations
1
Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
2
Private Practice, Durango, CO, USA.
3
Sacramento County Coroner's Office, Sacramento, CA, USA.
4
Associates in Forensic Investigations, LLC, Larimer, CO, USA.
5
Plantation, FL, USA.
6
Collin County Medical Examiner's Office, McKinney, TX, USA.
7
St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office, St. Louis, MO, USA.
8
Iowa Medical Examiner's Office, Ankeny, IA, USA.
9
Cina and Cina Forensic Consulting, PC, Loveland, CO, USA.
10
Kent County Medical Examiner Office, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
11
Medical Director, Wadmalaw Island, SC, USA.
12
Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner's Office, Fond du Lac, WI, USA.
13
Private Practice, Savannah, GA, USA.
14
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, USA.
15
Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's Office, Perris, CA, USA.
16
Fierro Forensics, Henrico, VA, USA.
17
Private Practice, Phoenix, MD, USA.
18
Lander, WY, USA.
19
Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
20
Montana State Medical Examiner, Missoula, MT, USA.
21
Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Farmington, CT, USA.
22
Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office, Cleveland, OH, USA.
23
North Forensic Pathology Service, Auckland, New Zealand.
24
Whatcom County Medical Examiner Office, Bellingham, WA, USA.
25
Pathco, Inc, Hobe Sound, FL, USA.
26
Office of the State Medical Examiner, Louisville, KY, USA.
27
Forensic Pathology Consultation Services, P.A, Houston, TX, USA.
28
Cobb County Medical Examiner's Office, Marietta, GA, USA.
29
Neuropathology & Forensic Pathology Consulting Inc, Overland Park, KS, USA.
30
Sparrow Health Care, Lansing, MI, USA.
31
Montgomery County Coroner's Office, Dayton, OH, USA.
32
Office of the Tennessee State Medical Examiner, Clinton, TN, USA.
33
Delaware County Medical Examiner's Office, Lima, PA, USA.
34
Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, Atlanta, GA, USA.
35
Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, Detroit, MI, USA.
36
Private Practice, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
37
Pike Peak Forensics, PC, Canon City, CO, USA.
38
Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office, San Jose, CA, USA.
39
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, Terre Haute, IN, USA.
40
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH, USA.
41
Knox County Regional Forensic Center, Knoxville, TN, USA.
42
Anatomic, Clinical, and Forensic Pathology Services, Escondido, CA, USA.
43
Delaware Medical Examiner's Office, Lewes, DE, USA.
44
Cameron County, Levelland, TX, USA.
45
Division of Anatomic Pathology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada.
46
Montana Medical Examiner's Office, Billings, MT, USA.
47
Franklin County Forensic Science Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
48
Lubbock County Medical Examiner's Office, Lubbock, TX, USA.
49
District 21 Medical Examiner's Office, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
50
Office of the Marion County Coroner, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
51
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
52
Fort Bend County Medical Examiner's Office, Houston, TX, USA.
53
Raleigh, NC, USA.
54
District 12 Medical Examiner's Office, Sarasota, FL, USA.
55
Raven Forensic Pathology, Reno, NV, USA.
56
Reno, NV, USA.
57
Fort Bend County Medical Examiner's Office, Rosenberg, TX, USA.
58
Lake Forest, IL, USA.
59
Urbandale Forensics, Urbandale, IA, USA.
60
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA.
61
Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
62
Minnehaha County Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
63
Forensic Pathology Consultant, Peachtree City, GA, USA.
64
New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
65
District 16 Medical Examiner's Office, Marathon, FL, USA.
66
Super Forensic Pathology, El Dorado Hills, CA, USA.
67
Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office, Kansas City, MO, USA.
68
District 6 Medical Examiner's Office, Largo, FL, USA.
69
District 15 Medical Examiner's Office, Palm Beach, FL, USA.
70
Office of the Medical Examiner, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
71
Districts 5 & 24 Medical Examiner's Office, Leesburg, FL, USA.
72
Turtletown, TN, USA.
PMID:
34498736
DOI:
10.1111/1556-4029.14843
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Bias
Cognition*
Forensic Pathology