Decision Making

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Neural substrates of decision making in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

OBJECTIVE: The characteristics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include abnormalities in reward responsivity that may interfere with decision making. The study examined reward responsivity in ADHD by comparing the neural correlates of ...
Monique Ernst, Alane S Kimes, Edythe D London, John A Matochik, Dana Eldreth, Satya Tata, Carlo Contoreggi, Michelle Leff, Karen Bolla (Am J Psychiatry, 200306)
neural-substrates-decision-making-adults-attention-deficit.asp

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Patient characteristics as predictors of primary health care preferences: a systematic literature analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To identify associations between various cultural and demographic factors and patients primary health care preferences. SEARCH STRATEGY: Searches were performed in MEDLINE (1966-December 2000), PsycINFO (1977-May 2001) and Sociological ...
Hans Peter Jung, Cor Baerveldt, Frede Olesen, Richard Grol, Michel Wensing (Health Expect, 200306)
patient-characteristics-predictors-primary-health-care-preferences.asp

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Water, sanitation and hygiene: a situation analysis paper for Lao PDR.

The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is located in the Greater Mekong sub-region in East Asia, neighbouring with China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, with a land area of 236,800 square kilometres, and an average population density of ...
S Lahiri, S Chanthaphone (Int J Environ Health Res, 200306)
water-sanitation-hygiene-situation-analysis-paper-lao-pdr.asp

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A survey of the decision-making needs of Canadians faced with complex health decisions.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the decision-making needs of Canadians when faced with complex health decisions characterized by balancing advantages against disadvantages. Although a national report emphasized that public confidence in the health-care system ...
Annette M OConnor, Elizabeth R Drake, George A Wells, Peter Tugwell, Andreas Laupacis, Tom Elmslie (Health Expect, 200306)
survey-decision-making-needs-canadians-faced-complex-health-decisions.asp

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What factors are associated with a womans decision to take hormone replacement therapy? Evaluated in the context of a decision aid.

OBJECTIVES: To understand the factors associated with a post-menopausal woman deciding to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after reviewing a decision aid (DA) and having a counselling visit with her physician as well as the factors associated with ...
Heather D Clark, Annette M OConnor, Ian D Graham, George A Wells (Health Expect, 200306)
factors-associated-woman-s-decision-take-hormone-replacement-therapy.asp

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Human organs from prisoners: kidneys for life.

A proposal to allow prisoners to save their lives or to be eligible for commutation of sentence by donating kidneys for transplantation has been a subject of controversy in the Philippines. Notwithstanding the vulnerabilities associated with ...
L D de Castro (J Med Ethics, 200306)
human-organs-prisoners-kidneys-life.asp

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Patient participation in decision-making on the introduction of home respiratory care: who does not participate?

OBJECTIVES: In this study we examined home respiratory patients participation in decision-making on whether to begin home respiratory care therapy, and this participation in decision-making during the latest visit to the clinic. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The ...
Päivi M Hämäläinen, Marja-Leena Perälä, Tuija Poussa, Marjaana Pelkonen (Health Expect, 200306)
patient-participation-decision-making-introduction-home-respiratory.asp

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Power and conflict in intensive care clinical decision making.

It is clear that current government policy places increasing emphasis on the need for flexible team working. This requires a shared understanding of roles and working practices. However, review of the current literature reveals that such a collaborative ...
Maureen Coombs (Intensive Crit Care Nurs, 200306)
power-conflict-intensive-care-clinical-decision-making.asp

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Halo and devil effects demonstrate valenced-based influences on source-monitoring decisions.

Source attributions based on positive versus negative valence were examined in four experiments. The two sources were individuals who were depicted positively or negatively, and the content of their statements was similarly valenced. When valenced ...
Gabriel I Cook, Richard L Marsh, Jason L Hicks (Conscious Cogn, 200306)
halo-devil-effects-demonstrate-valenced-based-influences-source.asp

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Preliminary validation of the Satisfaction With Decision scale with depressed primary care patients.

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a preliminary validation of the Satisfaction With Decision (SWD) scale with depressed primary care patients. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational pilot study using a postal survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Depressed primary care ...
Celia E Wills, Margaret Holmes-Rovner (Health Expect, 200306)
preliminary-validation-satisfaction-decision-scale-depressed-primary.asp