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020 _a9780511722080 (ebook)
020 _z9780521697699 (paperback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aR723.5
_b.S37 2008
082 0 0 _a610.69/6
_222
100 1 _aSchwartz, Alan,
_d1970-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMedical decision making :
_ba physician's guide /
_cAlan Schwartz, George Bergus.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2008.
300 _a1 online resource (xix, 211 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aGoals and objectives -- Components of health -- The overall health state -- Quality and quantity -- Embracing uncertainty -- Chance and choice -- Confidence -- Visualizing decisions -- The power of information -- Screening and testing -- Family matters -- Public health -- Social values.
520 _aDecision making is a key activity, perhaps the most important activity, in the practice of healthcare. Although physicians acquire a great deal of knowledge and specialised skills during their training and through their practice, it is in the exercise of clinical judgement and its application to individual patients that the outstanding physician is distinguished. This has become even more relevant as patients become increasingly welcomed as partners in a shared decision making process. This book translates the research and theory from the science of decision making into clinically useful tools and principles that can be applied by clinicians in the field. It considers issues of patient goals, uncertainty, judgement, choice, development of new information, and family and social concerns in healthcare. It helps to demystify decision theory by emphasizing concepts and clinical cases over mathematics and computation.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xDecision making.
700 1 _aBergus, George,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521697699
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511722080
999 _c519289
_d519287