M. G. Myriam Hunink, Milton C. Weinstein, Eve Wittenberg

Decision Making in Health and Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

2nd edition of this guide for everyone involved in medical decision making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9781107690479
• ISBN-10: 1107690471
• Artikelnr.: 40743198

Autorenporträt

M. G. Myriam Hunink is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Radiology, Departments of Epidemiology and Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor of Health Decision Sciences, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

About the authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1. Elements of decision making in health care
2. Managing uncertainty
3. Choosing the best treatment
4. Valuing outcomes
5. Interpreting diagnostic information
6. Deciding when to test
7. Multiple test results
8. Finding and summarizing the evidence
9. Constrained resources
10. Recurring events
11. Estimation, calibration and validation
12. Heterogeneity and uncertainty
13. Psychology of judgment and choice
Index.