Turning failures into successes: A methodological shortcoming in empirical research on surrogate accuracy

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Johansson, Mats ^a   Broström, Linus ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incompetence; Medical decision making; Prediction; Substituted judgment; Surrogate accuracy; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 42449103434     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-008-9059-z     Document Type: Article

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