Decision technologies as normative instruments: Exposing the values within

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 426-430

  Boivin, Antoine ^a   Légaré, France ^b   Lehoux, Pascale ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Decision aid; Ethics; Informed choice; Norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 55949121278     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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