Decision Making

101.

Carers. Handle with care.

Carers complain they are sometimes excluded from decision making and are seen as lacking in knowledge. Detailed discussion in advance makes a discharge more likely to be successful. Carers of children with learning disabilities have particular ...
Hilary Bungay, Andy Alaszewski (Health Serv J, 200307)
carers-handle-care.asp

102.

The effects of control on betting: paradoxical betting on items of high confidence with low value.

Traditional decision theories emphasize the probabilities and values of possible outcomes, but decisions may also be influenced by perceived control, with control defined as probability alterability. In 3 experiments, participants were offered bets on ...
Adam S Goodie (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200307)
effects-control-betting-paradoxical-betting-items-high-confidence-low.asp

103.

Termination review committees: are they necessary?

In Victoria, decisions regarding late termination of pregnancy no longer involve just pregnant women and their clinicians. At two major womens hospitals, committees now govern the decision-making process for approval of a late termination of pregnancy. ...
Nicole L Woodrow (Med J Aust, 200307)
termination-review-committees-necessary.asp

104.

The relational narrative: implications for nurse practice and education.

Nurses frequently encounter situations in which they are compelled to make ethical decisions about what is good and right to do in their day-to-day practice. Often existing moral edicts prove to be inadequate in light of the patients particular ...
Donna M Romyn (Nurs Philos, 200307)
relational-narrative-implications-nurse-practice-education.asp

105.

Workers decisions to take-up offered health insurance coverage: assessing the importance of out-of-pocket premium costs.

BACKGROUND: Many proposed policy initiatives involve subsidies directed toward encouraging employers to offer coverage and toward workers to encourage enrollment in offered plans. Given that insurance coverage reflects employers decisions to offer ...
Philip F Cooper, Jessica Vistnes (Med Care, 200307)
workers-decisions-take-up-offered-health-insurance-coverage-assessing.asp

106.

Role for opinion leaders in promoting evidence-based surgery.

HYPOTHESIS: "Opinion leaders" can be identified by surgeons from among their peers, and opinion leaders have a role in promoting best surgical practice. DESIGN: Postal survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Four hundred eighteen (77% response fraction) ...
Jane M Young, Michael J Hollands, Jeanette Ward, C DArcy J Holman (Arch Surg, 200307)
role-opinion-leaders-promoting-evidence-based-surgery.asp

107.

Dying in the ICU: perspectives of family members.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the perspectives of family members to the care provided to critically ill patients who died in the ICU. DESIGN: Multicenter, prospective, observational study. SETTING: Six university-affiliated ICUs across Canada. METHODS: Patients ...
Daren K Heyland, Graeme M Rocker, Christopher J OCallaghan, Peter M Dodek, Deborah J Cook (Chest, 200307)
dying-icu-perspectives-family-members.asp

108.

Enhancing partnerships with relatives in care settings.

AIM: The aims of this project were to implement guidance that sought to involve carers of older people in decision-making processes, and to promote practice development through work-based learning. METHOD: Data were collected and analysed to examine how ...
Belinda Dewar, Ria Tocher, Wendy Watson (Nurs Stand, 20030618-24)
enhancing-partnerships-relatives-care-settings.asp

109.

Corticolimbic mechanisms in emotional decisions.

Midline frontolimbic networks are engaged in monitoring simple actions. They may also provide evaluative control for more complex decisions. Subjects read a trait-descriptive word and responded either "yes" or "no" within 1,500 ms whether it was ...
Don M Tucker, Phan Luu, Richard E Desmond, Ann Hartry-Speiser, Colin Davey, Tobias Flaisch (Emotion, 200306)
corticolimbic-mechanisms-emotional-decisions.asp

110.

Whats your perspective - past, present, or future?

Time Typing sets up a behavior model for three different perspectives: past, present, and ...
Diana S Contino (Nurs Manage, 200306)
s-your-perspective-past-present-or-future.asp