| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 257 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 171
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Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 171.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Decisions regarding the risks involved in medical treatments must belong to patients and their physicians - after all, it is the patient's health and life which is at stake. But patients will not be equipped for this decision-making process if they cannot be given some idea as to the risks and benefits of treatment. Such risks are generally estimated by a consensus panel of specialist physicians using supporting medical literature. Unfortunately, this literature does not always provide a good estimate of risk, particularly in the case of rare occurrences. This book demonstrates statistical tec. |
| Contents |
Title page; Preface; Acknowledgement; Contents; Introduction to Medical Risk; Post-Marketing Reporting of Adverse Events and Decisions Concerning Medications; Risk Versus Benefit in Medical Decision Making; The Problem of Competing Risks and Competing Perspectives in Decision Making; The Perception and Misperception of Risk in Decision Making; The Issue of Risk by Group Identity in Decision Making; The Issue of Extrapolation; The Issue of Futility in Decision Making; Costs and Risks; Discussion; Appendix on Methodology; Subject Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Decision making.
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Medical care -- Decision making. |
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Data mining.
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Data mining. |
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Health risk assessment.
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Health risk assessment. |
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Data Mining. |
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Decision Making. |
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Risk Assessment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Added Author |
IOS Press.
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| ISBN |
9781607508397 (electronic book) |
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1607508397 (electronic book) |
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128343301X |
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9781283433013 |
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