Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values

by Paul Glasziou, Myriam Hunink, Milton Weinstein, et al.

Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic uncertainties. Medical therapies have side effects, surgical interventions may lead to complications, and diagnostic tests can produce misleading results. Furthermore, patient values and service costs must be considered. Decisions in clinical and health policy require careful weighing of risks and benefits and are commonly a trade-off of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107690471
• ISBN13: 9781107690479
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.6"