Your Medical Mind_ How to Decide What Is Right for You - Jerome Groopman [140]
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Index
Adaptation
and advance directives
buffering in coping
as human resource
power of
Adler, Ruth, end-of-life decision, refusing treatment
Advance directives
elements of
limitations of
patient deviation from
See also End-of-life
Advertisements for drugs. See Drug advertisements
Akil, Omar, decision making by surrogate
American College of Physicians
Anecdotes
and drug compliance/non-compliance
power of
prostate surgery choices, case histories
Anticoagulants/blood thinners
new drug adoption, case history
side effects
as treatment option, case history
APACHE II score
Armstrong, Lance
Atrial fibrillation, anticoagulant use, case history
Autoimmune disease, drug side effects
Autonomy
versus beneficence
breast cancer, post-surgical treatment, case history
doctor, choosing, case histories
and second opinions
versus shared decision making
versus surrogate decisions
Autonomy (cont.)
transferred. see Surrogates
true, elements of
Availability bias
Balducci, Angela, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, doctor choosing
Baptiste, Patrick, Graves’ disease best choice decision, case example
Baum, Steven, prostate cancer treatment choices, and anecdotes
Believers
basic approach of
drug compliance, case history
as early adopters
physician as, case history
Beneficence
Bergus, George
Bernoulli, Daniel
Bernoulli formula
Best choice decisions
Bernoulli formula
expected utility in
Graves’ disease, case histories
physician preferences, projecting
Best doctor, choosing. See Physicians
Best practice recommendation, formulation of
Biliary cancer, incurable, continuation of treatment, case history
Blumberg, Dr. Baruch
Bone marrow transplantation
development of
evaluating, case history
graft-versus-host disease
BRCA mutation, surgery versus drugs, case history
Breast cancer
BRCA mutation choices, case history
choosing doctor, case history
post-surgical treatment decisions, case history
Brody, Julie
BRCA mutation, prevention choices
breast cancer, choosing doctor
post-surgical treatment decision making
Buffering
Byrd, Michelle, drug compliance
Callahan, Daniel
Cancer treatment
and remission
See also Biliary cancer; Breast cancer; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Hodgkin’s lymphoma; Prostate cancer
Carter, Dr. Jacques
Chan, Lily, Graves’ disease best choice decision, case example
Chapman, Gretchen
Cholesterol
control, drugs for. see Statins
high, drug noncompliance, case history
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, vigilant decision making, case history
Conlin, Matt, prostate cancer treatment choices
Connolly, Terry
Contrast effect
Coping
buffering
finding “best” doctor
mechanisms
Death
predicting probability, tests for
See also End-of-life
Decision making
decisional conflict
having options, impact of
and hot versus cold emotional states
See also Medical decisions
Diagnosis, keeping secret
Doctors. See Physicians
Dolan, Paul
Doubters
anticoagulant use, case history
basic approach of
drug noncompliance, case history
physician as, case history
Drug advertisements
educational purpose, failing of
efficacy, studies related to
goals of
Drug compliance/noncompliance
and advertisements
anecdotes, power of
and feeling well versus ill,
hypertension drug compliance
hypertension drug noncompliance
new drug adoption, case history
and risks of therapy
and side effects
statin compliance, case history
statin noncompliance, case history
statistical information, understanding
and threats by doctors
Einstein, Albert
End-of-life
and advance directives
APACHE II score
changes, need for
heroic measures, gray area
incurable cancer, continuation of treatment
mortality probability model (MPM-II)
palliative care, study of
physicians, conflicting opinions
End-of-life (cont.)
refusing treatment, case history
ventilator removed
versus new treatment, quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
Expected utility