Decision Making

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Standard of care and liability in medical malpractice litigation in Japan.

Although the incidence of medical malpractice litigation is increasing in Japan, it remains unclear whether medical malpractice litigation gives doctors and hospitals, an economic incentive to provide high-quality medical care by requiring that they ...
Akihito Hagihara, Minako Nishi, Koichi Nobutomo (Health Policy, 200308)
standard-care-liability-medical-malpractice-litigation-japan.asp

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The effects of fexofenadine on reaction time, decision-making, and driver behavior.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of fexofenadine on driver behavior, decision-making, and reaction time in a blinded, randomized, parallel, placebo-controlled study. METHODS: A total of 259 male and female adult volunteers participated in a standardized ...
Paul Charles Potter, Johannes Magdalenus Schepers, Christoffel Hendrik Van Niekerk (Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol, 200308)
effects-fexofenadine-reaction-time-decision-making-driver-behavior.asp

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Empowerment as treatment and the role of health professionals.

This article argues that the concept of empowerment has been co-opted by health professionals and redefined as an intervention to produce compliance. Patients are considered empowered by health professionals only if they make the correct choices as ...
Penny Powers (ANS Adv Nurs Sci, 200307-09)
empowerment-treatment-role-health-professionals.asp

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Application of the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change to the physical activity behavior of WIC mothers.

This descriptive-correlational study examined the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change in relationship to the physical activity behavior of mothers receiving assistance from the Women, Infants, and Children program. A purposive sample (N = 30) ...
Nancy L Fahrenwald, Susan Noble Walker (Public Health Nurs, 200307-08)
application-transtheoretical-model-behavior-change-physical-activity.asp

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Varicella vaccine: factors influencing uptake.

BACKGROUND: In Canada, varicella vaccine is recommended but its uptake has been low. In contrast to most other recommended paediatric vaccines, this one is not currently provided free of charge in all provinces and territories in Canada. OBJECTIVE: To ...
François P de Courval, Gaston De Serres, Bernard Duval (Can J Public Health, 200307-08)
varicella-vaccine-factors-influencing-uptake.asp

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Social determinants of initiation, duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding at the population level: the results of the Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Quebec (ELDEQ 1998-2002).

BACKGROUND: According to Canadian public health recommendations, newborns should be fed exclusively with breast milk during their first 4 to 6 months of life. The aim of this paper is to identify the main social determinants of initiation, duration and ...
Lise Dubois, Manon Girard (Can J Public Health, 200307-08)
social-determinants-initiation-duration-exclusivity-breastfeeding.asp

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Incorporating natural capital into economy-wide impact analysis: a case study from Alberta.

Traditionally, decision-makers have relied on economic impact estimates derived from conventional economy-wide models. Conventional models lack the environmental linkages necessary for examining environmental stewardship and economic sustainability, and ...
Mike N Patriquin, Janaki R R Alavalapati, Wiktor L Adamowicz, William A White (Environ Monit Assess, 200307-08)
incorporating-natural-capital-economy-wide-impact-analysis-case-study.asp

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Validation of a decision regret scale.

BACKGROUND: As patients become more involved in health care decisions, there may be greater opportunity for decision regret. The authors could not find a validated, reliable tool for measuring regret after health care decisions. METHODS: A 5-item scale ...
Jamie C Brehaut, Annette M OConnor, Timothy J Wood, Thomas F Hack, Laura Siminoff, Elisa Gordon, Deb Feldman-Stewart (Med Decis Making, 200307-08)
validation-decision-regret-scale.asp

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Do physicians not offer useful services because of coverage restrictions?

Ethically, physicians should discuss all medically appropriate services with patients, but coverage restrictions can make these discussions difficult. In a national survey of physicians, we asked how often physicians elected not to offer their patients ...
Matthew K Wynia, Jonathan B VanGeest, Deborah S Cummins, Ira B Wilson (Health Aff (Millwood), 200307-08)
physicians-not-offer-useful-services-coverage-restrictions.asp

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Focus on locus: evolution of Medicares local coverage policy.

Medicare relies on a highly decentralized local-contractor structure that emerged as a political compromise in 1965. Decisions regarding Medicares coverage of new procedures and technologies are an important part of the program. A national coverage ...
Susan Bartlett Foote (Health Aff (Millwood), 200307-08)
focus-locus-evolution-medicare-s-local-coverage-policy.asp