Discounting and risk characteristics in clinical decision-making

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ortendahl, Monica ^a,b   Fries, James F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making; Discounting; Risk; Time

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33644681296     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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