Handbook Of Health Decision Science
Springer
ISBN13:
9781493934843
$61.47
This comprehensive reference delves into the complex process of medical decision makingboth the nuts-and-bolts access and insurance issues that guide choices and the cognitive and affective factors that can make patients decide against their best interests. Wide-ranging coverage offers a robust evidence base for understanding decision making across the lifespan, among family members, in the context of evolving healthcare systems, and in the face of life-changing diagnosis. The section on applied decision making reviews the effectiveness of decision-making tools in healthcare, featuring real-world examples and guidelines for tailored communications with patients. Throughout, contributors spotlight the practical importance of the field and the pressing need to strengthen health decision-making skills on both sides of the clinician/client dyad. Among the Handbooks topics: From laboratory to clinic and back: connecting neuroeconomic and clinical measures of decision-making dysfunctions. Strategies to promote the maintenance of behavior change: moving from theoretical principles to practices. Shared decision making and the patient-provider relationship. Overcoming the many pitfalls of communicating risk. Evidence-based medicine and decision-making policy. The internet, social media, and health decision making. The Handbook of Health Decision Science will interest a wide span of professionals, among them health and clinical psychologists, behavioral researchers, health policymakers, and sociologists.
- | Author: MICHAEL DIEFENBACH|SUZANNE MILLER|Deborah J. Bowen, Suzanne Miller-Halegoua
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: Sep 27, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 391 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Psychology
- | ISBN-10: 1493934848
- | ISBN-13: 9781493934843
- Author:
- MICHAEL DIEFENBACH|SUZANNE MILLER|Deborah J. Bowen, Suzanne Miller-Halegoua
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Publication Date:
- Sep 27, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 391 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/Psychology
- ISBN-10:
- 1493934848
- ISBN-13:
- 9781493934843