Medical Decision Making

ISBN-13: 9781119627807 Publisher: Wiley Publication date: 01/09/2024 Edition description: 3rd ed. Pages: 368 Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d) Detailed resource showing how to best make medical decisions while incorporating clinical practice guidelines and decision support systems Medical Decision Making provides clinicians with a powerful framework for helping patients make decisions that increase the likelihood that they will have the outcomes that are most consistent with their preferences. The text provides a thorough understanding of the key decision-making infrastructure of clinical practice and explains the principles of medical decision making for both individual patients and the wider healthcare arena. It shows how to make the best clinical decisions based on the available evidence and how to use clinical guidelines and decision support systems in electronic medical records to shape practice guidelines and policies. This newly revised and updated Third Edition inclu