Decision Making

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A study of stopping propensity at matured red light camera T-intersections.

PROBLEM: This paper evaluates the stopping propensity of drivers at matured in-service red light camera (RLC) signalized T-intersections after a number of years of camera operation. METHOD: A special-purpose data logger working in conjunction with loop ...
K M Lum, Y D Wong (J Safety Res, 2002FALL)
study-stopping-propensity-matured-red-light-camera-t-intersections.asp

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From EBM to EBL: two steps forward or one step back?

The author employs his vantage point as a contributor to Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) and Evidence-based Librarianship (EBL) in the United Kingdom to anticipate obstacles to be overcome by the emerging EBL paradigm. After reviewing and synthesizing ...
Andrew Booth (Med Ref Serv Q, 2002FALL)
ebm-ebl-two-steps-forward-or-one-step-back.asp

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Factors influencing adolescents decisions to engage in risk-taking behavior.

Few studies have assessed adolescent risk-taking from a decision-making perspective while also looking at sensation-seeking and locus of control. In this study, 171 older adolescents completed a risk-taking inventory to measure risk involvement. ...
Mary R Rolison, Avraham Scherman (Adolescence, 2002FALL)
factors-influencing-adolescents-decisions-engage-risk-taking-behavior.asp

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Evidence-based medicine, opinion-based medicine, and real-world medicine.

The freedom of a doctor to treat an individual patient in the way he believes best has been markedly limited by the concept of evidence-based medicine. Clearly all would wish to practice according to the best available evidence, but it has become ...
John R Hampton (Perspect Biol Med, 2002FALL)
evidence-based-medicine-opinion-based-medicine-real-world-medicine.asp

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A new breed of donor. Trends in gift giving.

Lets say that as a result of a lot of hard work and personal sacrifice, youve accumulated a significant amount of money. Now youre looking for some charitable cause in which to invest. As you invest this money--money symbolizing the sum of your lifes ...
(AHP J, 2002FALL)
new-breed-donor-trends-gift-giving.asp

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Patient Internet services: creating the value-added paradigm.

An analysis of consumer and organizational perspectives on web design suggests emerging webside functionality, growing patient needs for self-management skills, and mounting corporate accountability will transform web strategies and consumer expectations ...
Todd Molfenter, Pauley Johnson, David H Gustafson, Kathy DeVries, Dharmaraj Veeramani (J Healthc Inf Manag, 2002FALL)
patient-internet-services-creating-value-added-paradigm.asp

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Turning gap acceptance decision-making: the impact of driver distraction.

PROBLEM: A number of studies have found that use of in-car phones by drivers can interfere with the cognitive processing necessary for making appropriate and timely vehicle control decisions. However, the specific linkage between communication-based ...
Peter J Cooper, Yvonne Zheng (J Safety Res, 2002FALL)
turning-gap-acceptance-decision-making-impact-driver-distraction.asp

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Gender differences in the ability to identify a mentor at morning report: a multi-institutional survey.

BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown that mentors are very important for career development of physicians, and that many female physicians have not had a mentor during their training. However, little is known about the availability of mentors for ...
Anna B Reisman, Cary P Gross (Teach Learn Med, 2002FALL)
gender-differences-ability-identify-mentor-morning-report-multi.asp

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Consumer Health Informatics--integrating patients, providers, and professionals online.

Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) means different things to patients, health professionals, and health care systems. A broader perspective on this new and rapidly developing field will enable us to understand and better apply its advances. This article ...
Michele S Klein-Fedyshin (Med Ref Serv Q, 2002FALL)
consumer-health-informatics-integrating-patients-providers.asp

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Gambling decisions: an early intervention program for problem gamblers.

An implementation and one-year follow-up of the Gambling Decisions program attempted to answer several important questions. First, is controlled gambling a viable treatment option for some gamblers? Can earlier stage problem gamblers be separated for ...
Ellie Robson, Joy Edwards, Garry Smith, Ian Colman (J Gambl Stud, 2002FALL)
gambling-decisions-early-intervention-program-problem-gamblers.asp