Decision Making

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Nurses and health support workers views on cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a hospice setting.

This paper reports on a study which took place in a 15-bed hospice and provides an account of the views of registered nurses (n = 12) and health support workers (n = 10) in relation to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within a hospice setting. The ...
John Costello, Maria Horne (Int J Palliat Nurs, 200304)
nurses-health-support-workers-views-cardiopulmonary-resuscitation.asp

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Making decisions about hazardous waste remediation when even considering a remediation technology is controversial.

This paper investigates the circumstances under which proposed hazardous waste remediation technologies are socially acceptable, that is, considered seriously as options in a public arena. First, it summarizes a conceptual framework that guides ...
Amy K Wolfe, David J Bjornstad, Nichole D Kerchner (Environ Sci Technol, 200304)
making-decisions-hazardous-waste-remediation-even-considering.asp

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Testing alternative decision approaches for identifying cleanup priorities at contaminated sites.

This exploratory study compares two approaches for involving nonexpert stakeholders in difficult policy choices. Both approaches have as their goal informing members of the public about contaminated sites and involving them in decisions regarding their ...
Joseph Arvai, Robin Gregory (Environ Sci Technol, 200304)
testing-alternative-decision-approaches-identifying-cleanup.asp

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The true cost of precautionary chemicals regulation.

This article explores the possible social costs of introducing an overly precautionary regulatory regime for chemicals It begins by examining research by the UK Medical Research Council Institute for Environment and Health (MRC-IEH), which suggests that ...
Bill Durodié (Risk Anal, 200304)
true-cost-precautionary-chemicals-regulation.asp

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The Mental Health Act 1983 section 5(2): clinical application and predictors of outcome.

This study examined trends and influences of variables in the 100 most recent applications of Section 5(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 in a major teaching hospital in England. Case notes, section-forms, log-books and computerised records were ...
Samuel P Dearman, Waquas Waheed (Med Sci Law, 200304)
mental-health-act--section--clinical-application-predictors-outcome.asp

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Neural correlates of decision processes: neural and mental chronometry.

Recent studies aim to explain the duration and variability of behavioral reaction time in terms of neural processes. The time taken to make choices is occupied by at least two processes. Neurons in sensorimotor structures accumulate evidence that leads ...
Jeffrey D Schall (Curr Opin Neurobiol, 200304)
neural-correlates-decision-processes-neural-mental-chronometry.asp

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A longitudinal analysis of organizational fairness: an examination of reactions to tenure and promotion decisions.

Most organizational justice research takes a cross-sectional approach to examining the relationship between perceived fairness and individuals attitudes. This study examines the effect of procedural and distributive justice over time. It is suggested ...
Maureen L Ambrose, Russell Cropanzano (J Appl Psychol, 200304)
longitudinal-analysis-organizational-fairness-examination-reactions.asp

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Affective disorders.

Unipolar depressive disorders are especially common among persons presenting with marital and family problems, rendering their impact on the treatment of marital and family problems of interest to every marriage and family therapist. The current paper ...
Steven Beach (J Marital Fam Ther, 200304)
affective-disorders.asp

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Role of the amygdala in decision-making.

The somatic marker hypothesis proposes that both the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex are parts of a neural circuit critical for judgment and decision-making. Although both structures couple exteroceptive sensory information with interoceptive ...
Antoine Bechara, Hanna Damasio, Antonio R Damasio (Ann N Y Acad Sci, 200304)
role-amygdala-decision-making.asp

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Assessing decision-making capacity in the setting of palliative care research.

This paper begins with a discussion of why concerns about decision-making capacity are warranted in palliative medicine research. Next, procedures for assessing decision-making capacity are discussed. It concludes with recommendations to guide the ...
David J Casarett (J Pain Symptom Manage, 200304)
assessing-decision-making-capacity-setting-palliative-care-research.asp