Recent Developments in Medical Decision Making

eling to study the natural history of chronic illnesses. BERKANOVIC E, Hurwicz M-L, Landsverk J: Psychological distress and the decision to seek medical care. Soc Sci Med. 1988; 27:1215-21. Reports that psychologically distressed people are no more likely to report disability per illness or to initiate medical care per illness. CLANCEY CM, Centor RM, Campbell MS, Dalton HP: Rational decision making based on history: adult sore throats. J Gen Intern Med. 1988; 3:213-7. Presents a model that uses only patients’ histories to predict ~3-hemolytic strep infection.