Doctors Decisions
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Critical Decisions
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Author : Peter A. Ubel
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-09-11
Critical Decisions written by Peter A. Ubel and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-11 with Health & Fitness categories.
We've all been there, sittinguncomfortably in a paper gownas a doctor impassively describesour prognosis. Sometimes it's simple andtreatable. Other times we get news wecan't fathom and then are faced withdecisions that are literally life and death. In this revolutionary book, physician,behavioral scientist, and bioethicist PeterUbel, M.D., reveals how hidden dynamicsin the doctor/patient relationship keepus and our loved ones from making thebest medical choices. From doctors whostruggle to explain, to patients who failto properly listen, countless factors alterthe course of our care, causing things togo seriously awry. With riveting stories of Ubel's own experiencein the field, his groundbreakingresearch, and his personal journey walkingloved ones through difficult treatmentchoices, Critical Decisions will foreverchange the way we communicate insidehospitals and medical offices, wherethoughtful decision making matters themost. Dr. Ubel has been on both endsof the stethoscope, and in this book,he shows how patients and doctorscan learn to become partners and worktogether to make the right choices. Fromchoosing to get surgery, to discussingthe side effects of a blood pressure medication,we can finally discover the toolsto improve communication, understandthe issues, and make confident decisionsfor our future health and happiness.
Doctors Decisions And The Cost Of Medical Care
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Author : John Meyer Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Doctors Decisions And The Cost Of Medical Care written by John Meyer Eisenberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Medical categories.
This book is an introduction to the research that has elucidated the reasons doctors practice the way they do and make the decisions they do. It reviews the complex array of motivations in medical practice. The book also reviews the programs that have been used to change physicians' prescription of medical services, including education, feedback, participation, administrative rules, incentives, and penalties.1: Understanding variations in physicians' practice patterns. 2: Changing physicians' practice patterns. 3: Directions for research on physician utilization
Better Doctors Better Patients Better Decisions
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Author : Gerd Gigerenzer
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Better Doctors Better Patients Better Decisions written by Gerd Gigerenzer and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Medical categories.
How eliminating “risk illiteracy” among doctors and patients will lead to better health care decision making. Contrary to popular opinion, one of the main problems in providing uniformly excellent health care is not lack of money but lack of knowledge—on the part of both doctors and patients. The studies in this book show that many doctors and most patients do not understand the available medical evidence. Both patients and doctors are “risk illiterate”—frequently unable to tell the difference between actual risk and relative risk. Further, unwarranted disparity in treatment decisions is the rule rather than the exception in the United States and Europe. All of this contributes to much wasted spending in health care. The contributors to Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions investigate the roots of the problem, from the emphasis in medical research on technology and blockbuster drugs to the lack of education for both doctors and patients. They call for a new, more enlightened health care, with better medical education, journals that report study outcomes completely and transparently, and patients in control of their personal medical records, not afraid of statistics but able to use them to make informed decisions about their treatments.
Consent
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Consent written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Informed consent (Medical law) categories.
Doctors Dilemmas Decisions
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Author : Ben Essex
language : en
Publisher: BMJ Books
Release Date : 1994-12-05
Doctors Dilemmas Decisions written by Ben Essex and has been published by BMJ Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-12-05 with Medical categories.
The general practitioner is required to make hundreds of decisions every day and each must be tailored to the specific needs of the individual patient. This first book on decision making in general practice is an invaluable reference for all concerned with providing quality care. Using over 200 real life cases, it analyses the difficulties arising in: Diagnosis, investigation, management, follow up, outcome, prevention, practice organization. A body of rules that can be applied to these wide ranging issues provides a framework to improve decision making skills in ways that are ethical, cost-effective, safe, and acceptable for GPs, trainees, trainers and medical students. Here is an essential guide to understanding this critical element of general practice.
Euthanasia And The Ethics Of A Doctor S Decisions
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Author : Ole Hartling
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-03-25
Euthanasia And The Ethics Of A Doctor S Decisions written by Ole Hartling and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-25 with Philosophy categories.
Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former chairman of the Danish Council of Ethics to introduce new elements into what can often be understood as an all too simple debate. Alive to the case that assisted dying can be driven by an unattainable yearning for control, Hartling concentrates on two fundamental questions: whether the answer to suffering is to remove the sufferer, and whether self-determination in dying and death is an illusion. He draws on his own experience as a medical doctor to personalize the ethical arguments, share patients' narratives and make references to medical literature. Here is a sceptical stance towards euthanasia, one that is respectful to those who hold different opinions and well-informed about the details and nuances of different euthanasia practices. Written from a Scandinavian perspective, where respect for autonomy and high quality palliative care go hand in hand, Hartling's is a nuanced, valuable contribution to the arguments that surround a question doctors have faced since the birth of medicine. He shows us how the intentions of doing something good can sometimes lead to even greater dilemmas, opening us up to those situations where an inclination to end suffering by ending life is deeply conflicting both for the clinician and for any fellow human being.
The Practice Of Autonomy
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Author : Carl Schneider
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998
The Practice Of Autonomy written by Carl Schneider and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Autonomy (Psychology) categories.
"Exploring what patients do want gives direction to the author's inquiry into what they should want. What patients want, he believes, is properly more complex and ambiguous than being "empowered." In this book he charts that ambiguity to take the autonomy principle past current pieties into the uncertain realities of the sick room and the hospital ward." "The Practice of Autonomy is a sympathetic but trenchant study of the animating principle of modern bioethics. It speaks with freshness, insight, and even passion to bioethicists and moral philosophers (about their theories), to lawyers (about their methods), to medical sociologists (about their subject), to policy-makers (about their ambitions), to doctors (about their work), and to patients (about their lives)."--BOOK JACKET.
Medicine Money And Morals
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Author : Marc A. Rodwin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995
Medicine Money And Morals written by Marc A. Rodwin and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Medical categories.
Marc A. Rodwin draws on his own experience as a health lawyer--and his research in health ethics, law, and policy--to reveal how financial conflicts of interest can and do negatively affect the quality of patient care. He shows that the problem has become worse over the last century and provides many actual examples of how doctors' decisions are influenced by financial considerations. We learn how two California physicians, for example, resumed referrals to Pasadena General Hospital only after the hospital started paying $70 per patient (their referrals grew from 14 in one month to 82 in the next). As Rodwin writes, incentives such as this can inhibit a doctor from taking action when a hospital fails to provide proper service, and may also lead to the unnecessary hospitalization of patients. We also learn of a Wyeth-Ayerst Labs promotion in which physicians who started patients on INDERAL (a drug for high blood pressure, angina, and migraines) received 1000 mileage points on American Airlines for each patient (studies show that promotions such as this have a direct effect on a doctor's choice of drug). Rodwin reveals why the medical community has failed to regulate conflicts of interest: peer review has little authority, state licensing boards are usually ignorant of abuses, and the AMA code of ethics has historically been recommended rather than required. He examines what can be learned from the way society has coped with the conflicts of interest of other professionals --lawyers, government officials, and businessmen--all of which are held to higher standards of accountability than doctors. And he recommends that efforts be made to prohibit and regulate certain kinds of activity (such as kickbacks and self-referrals), to monitor and regulate conduct, and to provide penalties for improper conduct. Our failure to face physicians' conflicts of interest has distorted the way medicine is practiced, compromised the loyalty of doctors to patients, and harmed society, the integrity of the medical profession, and patients. For those concerned with the quality of health care or medical ethics, Medicine, Money and Morals is a provocative look into the current health care crisis and a powerful prescription for change.
Helping People Share Decision Making
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Author : Debra de Silva
language : en
Publisher: The Health Foundation
Release Date : 2012
Helping People Share Decision Making written by Debra de Silva and has been published by The Health Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Chronic diseases categories.
The Debate On Influencing Doctors Decisions
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Author : Sriram Venkataraman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Debate On Influencing Doctors Decisions written by Sriram Venkataraman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Decision-making by physicians on patients' treatment has come under increased public scrutiny. In fact, there is a fair amount of debate on the effects of marketing actions of pharmaceutical firms toward physicians and their impact on physician prescription behavior. While some scholars find a strong and positive influence of marketing actions, some find only moderate effects, and others even find negative effects. Debate is also mounting on the role of other influencers (such as patient requests) in physician decision-making, both on prescriptions and sample-dispensing. The authors argue that one factor that may tip the balance in this debate is the role of drug characteristics, such as a drug's effectiveness and a drug's side effects. Using a unique data set, they show that marketing efforts ndash; operationalized as detailing and symposium meetings of firms to physicians ndash; and patient requests do affect physician decision-making differentially across brands. Moreover they find that the responsiveness of physicians' decision-making to marketing efforts and patient requests depends upon the drug's effectiveness and side effects. The paper presents clear guidelines for public policy and managerial practice and envisions that the study of the role of drug characteristics ndash; such as effectiveness and side effects ndash; may lead to valuable insights in this surging public debate.