Your Medical Mind_ How to Decide What Is Right for You - Jerome Groopman [142]
Schweitzer, Albert
Second opinions
by other physicians
patient approach to
patient autonomy, considering
Secrecy, of diagnosis
Side effects
anticoagulants
in drug ads
and drug noncompliance
immune system inhibitors
inaccurate patient reports
on informed consent document
statins
utility assessments
Simon, Dave, blood thinner,
treatment decision
Simpson, Carl, surgery decision, no regrets
Specialists, choosing
Standard gamble
Statins
compliance, case history
noncompliance, case history
noncompliance statistics
side effects
statistical information related to
use in population, scope of
Statistics
framing information
number needed to harm
number needed to treat
risks of therapy
and vigilant decision making, case example
Web search, and decision making
Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT)
Substituted judgment
Sudore, Dr. Rebecca L.
Surrogates
and advance directives
Surrogates (cont.)
beneficence
limitations of
nonmaleficence
-physician relationship
as substituted judgment
Technology orientation
Television, ads for drugs
Thomas, Dr. E. Donnall
Time-trade off
Torke, Dr. Alexia M.
Tversky, Amos
Ubel, Dr. Peter
Utility assessments
Veysman, Dr. Boris
Vigilant decision making
chronic lymphocytic leukemia, case history
defined
Voltaire
Well-being
and adaptation
contrast effect
Wilson, E. O.
Wilt, Dr. Timothy
Women’s Health Initiative
Zeelenberg, Marcel
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1
For more detail regarding calculating the time trade-off and standard gamble, see the notes.
2
Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II) score.