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.

This new edition provides a thorough understanding of the key decision making infrastructure of clinical practice and explains the principles of medical decision making both for individual patients and the wider health care 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.

Medical Decision Making is a valuable resource for all experienced and learning clinicians who wish to fully understand and apply decision modelling, enhance their practice and improve patient outcomes.

"There is little doubt that in the future many clinical analyses will be based on the methods described in Medical Decision Making, and the book provides a basis for a critical appraisal of such policies." - Jerome P. Kassirer M.D., Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, US and Visiting Professor, Stanford Medical School, US

About the Author

Harold C. Sox
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire

Michael C. Higgins
Stanford University, Stanford, California

Douglas K. Owens
Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California; Stanford University, Stanford, California

Reviews

"Every physician is confronted daily with decision making. This book teaches the scientific principles of making decisions in clinical practice. For academic teachers." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, 1 September 2014)

Awards
Commended for Highly Commended by British Medical Association 2014 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780470658666
Author Harold C. Sox
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 494g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm * 19mm