Surgeon perception of risk and benefit in the decision to operate

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 264, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 896-903

  Sacks, Greg D ^a,b,c   Dawes, Aaron J ^a,b,c   Ettner, Susan L ^a,c   Brook, Robert H ^a,c,d,e   Fox, Craig R ^d,e,f   Maggard Gibbons, Melinda ^a,b   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b   Russell, Marcia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral science: perception; Risk and benefit; Surgical decision making; vVariations

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING; VIGNETTE; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84969253452     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001784     Document Type: Article

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