Decision Making in Health Care: Theory, Psychology, and Applications

Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Introduction Gretchen B. Chapman and Frank Sonnenberg 2. Decision modeling techniques Mark S. Roberts and Frank Sonnenberg 3. Utility assessment under expected utility and rank dependent utility assumptions John Miyamoto 4. Evidence-based medicine John P. A. Ioannidis and Joseph Lau Part II. Health Policy and Economics: 5. Linking health policy modeling with health policy formation and implementation David B. Matchar and Greg P. Samsa 6. Cost-effectiveness analysis Louis B. Russell Part III. Psychology of Medical Decision Making: 7. Cognitive processes and biases in medical decision making Gretchen B. Chapman and Arthur S. Elstein 8. Physician judgments of uncertainty Neal V. Dawson 9. Bioethics and medical decision making: what can they learn from each other? Joshua Cohen, David Asch and Peter Ubel 10. Team medical decision making Caryn Christensen and Ann S. Abbott Part IV. Applications: 11. Assessing patients' preferences Anne M. Stiggelbout 12. Applying utility assessment at the 'bedside' Mary K. Goldstein and Joel Tsevat 13. Advances in presenting health information to patients Holly Brugge Jimison and Paul Phillip Sher 14. Computer-assisted clinical decision support Antoine Geissbuhler and Randolph A. Miller 15. Opportunities for applying psychological theory to improve medical decision making: two case histories Robert M. Hamm, Dewey C. Scheid, Wally R. Smith and Thomas G. Tape.