The precautionary principle and medical decision making

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-299

  Resnik, David B ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening tests; Evidence based medicine; Expected utility theory; Medical decision making; Precautionary principle; Probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DECISION MAKING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 10044260970     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310490500509     Document Type: Article

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