Analysis of consultant decision-making in the management of prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-293

  Wilson, J ^a   Kennedy, K ^a   Ewings, P ^a   MacDonagh, R ^a  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; WALES;

EID: 50649110666     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4501025     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Stewart TR. 'Judgement analysis: Procedures'. In: Brehmer B, Joyce CRB (eds). Human Judgement. The SJT View, Chapter 2. North Holland: Elsevier, 1988, pp 41-47.
2. Wigton RS. 'Application of judgement analysis and cognitive feed back to medicine'. In: Brehmer B, Joyce CRB (eds). Human Judgement. The SJT View, Chapter 7. North Holland: Elsevier, 1988, pp 227-246.
3. Kirwan JR, Chaput De Saintonage D, Joyce C. Clinical judgement in rheumatoid arthritis I. Rheumatologists' opinions and the development of paper patients. Ann Rheum Dis 1983; 42: 644-647.
4. Kirwan JR, Currey HL. Clinical judgement in rheumatoid arthritis II. Judging current disease activity in clinical practice. Ann Rheum Dis 1983; 42: 648-651.
5. Kirwan JR, Chaput de Saintonge DM, Joyce CR. Clinical judgement in rheumatoid arthritis. III. British rheumatologists' judgement of 'change in response to therapy'. Ann Rheum Dis 1984; 43: 686-694.
6. Kirwan JR, Currey HL. Clinical judgement in rheumatoid arthritis. IV Rheumatologists's assessments of disease remain stable over long periods. Ann Rheum Dis 1984; 43: 695-697.
7. http://www.baus.org.uk.
8. Cooksey RW. Judgement Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications. Academic Press: Sydney, 1996.
9. Miller GA. The magical number seven plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information. Psychol Rev 1956; 63 81-97.
10. Wilson J, Clarke M, Ewings P, Graham J, MacDonagh R. The assessment of patient life-expectancy: How accurate are urologists and oncologists? BJU Int 2005; 95: 794-798.
11. Skånér Y, Strender L, Bring J. How do GPs use clinical information in their judgements of heart failure? A clinical judgement analysis study. Scand J Prim Health Care 1998; 16: 95-100.
12. Anonymous. Guidelines on the management of prostate cancer. A document for local expert groups in the United Kingdom preparing prostate management policy documents. BJU Int 1999; 84: 987-1014.