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Focalism

Framingham Heart Study

Framing information

flip the frame approach

statistical information

Fried, Dr. Terry

Gardner, Howard

Gilbert, Daniel

Gillick, Dr. Muriel

Gonzales, Anna, Graves’ disease best choice decision, case example

Goodman, Andy

Gould, Stephen Jay

Graves’ disease

best choice decision, case histories

treatment options, efficacy of

Groopman, Dr. Jerome, as believer, case history

Gusmano, Michael K.

Hall, Judith

Hartzband, Dr. Pamela, as doubter, case history

Hayward, Dr. Rodney

Health illiteracy

Health literacy

aspects of

defined

Hepatitis B

Heroic measures

Hippocrates

History of patient

of believer, case history

components of

of doubter, case history

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

cure rates

doctor, choosing, case history

Hospitalists

Hypertension drugs

compliance, case history

noncompliance, case history

Informed consent, side effects on

Informed patient preference

Institute of Medicine

Insurance companies, report cards on doctors

Internet

government-sponsored information

Web search, and decision making

Iyengar, Sheena

Jennings, Dana

Judgment-based medicine

Kahneman, Daniel

Kelley, Dr. Amy

King, Dr. Truby

Klug, Chris

Liver transplantation

complexity of

of diseased liver

surrogate decision making, case history

Living will. See Advance directives

Loewenstein, George

Loss aversion

Luce, Mary Frances

Maximalism

defined

and naturalism

rethinking

See also Believers

Medical decisions

and anecdotes from others

autonomy issues

and availability bias

best choice decisions

“best” doctor, choosing

decisional conflict

drug compliance/non-compliance

end-of-life

factors leading to

and health literacy

individual differences. see Believers; Doubters

and loss aversion

medical decision analysis

and medicine as uncertain science

method of study of

naturalism bias

and omission bias

regretting decision

and second opinions

shared, physician-patient

single aspect, focus on

surrogates

technology orientation to

and type of illness

vigilant decision making

Meier, Dr. Diane

MELD score

Miller, Alex, hypertension drug noncompliance

Minimalists

beliefs of

See also Doubters

Misery index

Mortality probability model (MPM-II)

Murray, Dr. Joseph

Naturalism

followers, scope of

as initial treatment

by maximalists

rejection of

versus standard medicine

Neighborly advice. See Anecdotes

Nonmaleficence

Norton, Lisa, surgery decision, regretting

Nucleoside analogues

Number needed to harm

Number needed to treat

O’Leary, John

Omission bias

Organ transplants

bone marrow, evaluating, case history

development of

liver, surrogate decisions, case history

Orthopedic surgery

initial conservative measure

no regrets, case history

regretting, case histories

resisting, case history

Osler, Sir William

Palliative care. See End-of-life

Patient-physician interaction. See Physicians

Peterson, Paul, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, vigilant decision making

Physicians

as believer, case history

best, criteria for

best practice guidelines

as doubter, case history

finding “best,” case histories

maximalists

mistakes, reality of

overly assertive

-patient communication barriers

patient trust, importance of

preferences, projecting onto patient

removed from decision making

report cards on

specialists, choosing

and surrogacy versus beneficence

threats about treatment by

Powell, Susan, drug noncompliance

Printed drug ads

Projection bias

Prostate cancer treatment

anecdotes as influence, case histories

proton beam therapy

Quality of life

contrast effect

focalism

quality-adjusted life year (QALY)

Quinlan, Karen Ann

Quinn, Mary, incurable cancer, continuation of treatment

Regretting decision

and active versus passive patient

anticipating regret

versus disappointment

no regrets, case history

and patient decision process

and preceding events

of surgery, case histories

Report cards

Rosen, Sara, BRCA mutation, prevention choices

Roter, Debra

Sabin, Albert

Salk, Jonas

Schneider, Carl

Schwartz, Alan

Schwartz,