Risk attitudes of anesthesiologists and surgeons in clinical decision making with expected years of life

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-150

  Nakata, Yoshinori ^a   Okuno Fujiwara, Masahiro ^b   Goto, Takahisa ^a   Morita, Shigeho ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Risk seeking; Risk averse; Risk neutral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SURGERY;

EID: 0034057720     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(00)00130-6     Document Type: Article

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