Handbook of Health Decision Science [electronic resource] /
Diefenbach, Michael A.editor.
Miller-Halegoua, Suzanne.editor.
Bowen, Deborah J.editor.
This comprehensive reference delves into the complex process of medical decision making-both the nuts-and-bolts access and insurance issues that guide choices and the cognitive and affective factors that can make patients decide against their best interests. Wide-ranging coverage offers a robust evidence base for understanding decision making across the lifespan, among family members, in the context of evolving healthcare systems, and in the face of life-changing diagnosis. The section on applied decision making reviews the effectiveness of decision-making tools in healthcare, featuring real-world examples and guidelines for tailored communications with patients. Throughout, contributors spotlight the practical importance of the field and the pressing need to strengthen health decision-making skills on both sides of the clinician/client dyad. Among the Handbook's topics: From laboratory to clinic and back: connecting neuroeconomic and clinical mea sures of decision-making dysfunctions. Strategies to promote the maintenance of behavior change: moving from theoretical principles to practices. Shared decision making and the patient-provider relationship. Overcoming the many pitfalls of communicating risk. Evidence-based medicine and decision-making policy. The internet, social media, and health decision making. The Handbook of Health Decision Science will interest a wide span of professionals, among them health and clinical psychologists, behavioral researchers, health policymakers, and sociologists. ". . . essential reading for those seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of current theory and research in the rapidly evolving field of health decision making."  Paul Jacobsen, Ph.D.   ". . . a comprehensive look at the wonderfully complex topic of how individuals make decis ions that are vital to health. . . ."  Ellen Beckford, Ph.D., MPH.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Introduction -- Part I. Basics first -- 1. What are utilities, preferences and values? -- 2. Heuristics and decision making -- 3. Modeling and mathematical models of decision making -- Part II. Decision making on the individual level -- 4. Basic science articles from the judgment and decision literature -- 5.    Basic science article from the health psychological/self-regulation perspective -- 6.Decision making for single events -- 7.Maintaining decision making for multiple events -- 8.Decision making in aging populations: time horizons and familial influences -- 9.Decision making in young adults -- 10.  Decision making in disadvantaged populations. Part III. Decision making on the interpersonal level -- 11.  Basic science article of spouses/partners and family members -- 12.  Decisional influences of health care providers -- Part IV. Decision making by health care providers -- 13.  Models of shared decision making -- 14.  End-of-life decision making -- 15.&nbs p; Legal aspects of decision making for health care providers -- Part V. Applied decision making -- 16.  Decision tools in shared decision making for patients -- 17.  Decision tools for health care professionals -- 18.  Integration of decision tools in the health care environment: The example of Kaiser Permanente -- 19.  The VA as an example of an integration decision tools for patients and physicians -- Part VI. The communication of decisions -- 20.  Graphical and numerical communication -- 21.  Health literacy and numeracy -- Part VII. Decision making on the organizational level -- 22.  Decision making using Electronic Medical records -- 23.  Decision making on the practice level -- Part VIII. Decision making on the state and national health policy environment -- 24.  How health policy gets made -- 25.  Recent changes in the health care environment -- Part IX. The future of decision making -- 26.  The promise of New Media: savior or curse?- 27. Social networks and the power of many -- 28.  Decision making in the age of genome wide sequencing.
This comprehensive reference delves into the complex process of medical decision making-both the nuts-and-bolts access and insurance issues that guide choices and the cognitive and affective factors that can make patients decide against their best interests. Wide-ranging coverage offers a robust evidence base for understanding decision making across the lifespan, among family members, in the context of evolving healthcare systems, and in the face of life-changing diagnosis. The section on applied decision making reviews the effectiveness of decision-making tools in healthcare, featuring real-world examples and guidelines for tailored communications with patients. Throughout, contributors spotlight the practical importance of the field and the pressing need to strengthen health decision-making skills on both sides of the clinician/client dyad. Among the Handbook's topics: From laboratory to clinic and back: connecting neuroeconomic and clinical mea sures of decision-making dysfunctions. Strategies to promote the maintenance of behavior change: moving from theoretical principles to practices. Shared decision making and the patient-provider relationship. Overcoming the many pitfalls of communicating risk. Evidence-based medicine and decision-making policy. The internet, social media, and health decision making. The Handbook of Health Decision Science will interest a wide span of professionals, among them health and clinical psychologists, behavioral researchers, health policymakers, and sociologists. ". . . essential reading for those seeking to gain a comprehensive understanding of current theory and research in the rapidly evolving field of health decision making."  Paul Jacobsen, Ph.D.   ". . . a comprehensive look at the wonderfully complex topic of how individuals make decis ions that are vital to health. . . ."  Ellen Beckford, Ph.D., MPH.
Health psychology.
Public health.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Nursing.
Health Psychology.
Public Health.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Nursing.