03798nam a22004094u 450000100220000000300060002200500170002800700150004500800410006002000300010102400310013104100080016210000310017024501310020125000060033226000160033826400160035430000120037033600260038233700260040833800360043434700210047034700080049152020520049965000270255165000550257865000440263365302370267770000360291470000340295070000430298477600360302785600640306385601020312785601420322999900170337110.1002/9781119627876Wiley20251030120319.0cr nn 008mam|a240202t2024||||xxu    fs|   |0|| 0|eng||  a9781119627876qelectronic7 a10.1002/97811196278762doi  aeng1 aSox, Harold C.4aut99217010aMedical Decision Makingh[electronic resource]cHarold C. Sox, Michael C. Higgins, Douglas K. Owens, Gillian Sanders Schmidler  a1  bWileyc2024 1bWileyc2024  a368pp.;  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext file2rdaft  bPDF  aMEDICAL DECISION MAKING Detailed resource showing how to best make medical decisions while incorporating clinical practice guidelines and decision support systems Sir William Osler, a legendary physician of an earlier era, once said, "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability." In Osler's day, and now, decisions about treatment often cannot wait until the diagnosis is certain. Medical Decision Making is about how to make the best possible decision given that uncertainty. The book shows how to tailor decisions under uncertainty to achieve the best outcome based on published evidence, features of a patient's illness, and the patient's preferences. Medical Decision Making describes a powerful framework for helping clinicians and their patients reach decisions that lead to outcomes that the patient prefers. That framework contains the key principles of patient-centered decision-making in clinical practice. Since the first edition of Medical Decision Making in 1988, the authors have focused on explaining key concepts and illustrating them with clinical examples. For the Third Edition, every chapter has been revised and updated. Written by four distinguished and highly qualified authors, Medical Decision Making includes information on: How to consider the possible causes of a patient's illness and decide on the probability of the most important diagnoses. How to measure the accuracy of a diagnostic test. How to help patients express their concerns about the risks that they face and how an illness may affect their lives. How to describe uncertainty about how an illness may change over time. How to construct and analyze decision trees. How to identify the threshold for doing a test or starting treatment How to apply these concepts to the design of practice guidelines and medical policy making. Medical Decision Making is a valuable resource for clinicians, medical trainees, and students of decision analysis who wish to fully understand and apply the principles of decision making to clinical practice. 4aClinical Skills992171 4aHealth Policy, Health Risk & Patient Safety992172 4aMedical Professional Development99217300amedical interviews; physical examinations; patient decision making; patient problems; bayes theorem; improve patient outcomes; patient uncertainty; diagnose patients accurately; medical practice policies; clinical practice reference1 aHiggins, Michael C.4aut9921741 aOwens, Douglas K.4aut9921751 aSchmidler, Gillian Sanders4aut99217608iPrinted edition:z978111962780740uhttps://doi.org/10.1002/9781119627876aWiley Online Library40uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1002%2F9781119627876aWiley Online Library423Cover Imageuhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/5f472554-2361-4e98-a55e-60a4a627c977/9781119627876.cover.gifaWiley Online Library  c67251d67251