Psychology of decision making in medicine and health care
By: Thomas E. Lynch, editor.
Contributors: Lynch, Thomas E. 1952-
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781600219344
Subjects: Medicine -- Decision making -- Psychological aspects; Medical care -- Decision making -- Psychological aspects; Medicine -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects; Medical care -- Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects; Decision Making; Delivery of Health Care; Decision Making -- ethics
Notes: "Nova biomedical"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Expert commentary: neuroeconomics and decision making: a common task for psychologists, economists, and neuroscientists / Jose M. Martinez-Selva, Juan P. Sanchez-Navarro; title: Research and review articles. Personal meanings and health care decision making-the case of the total knee replacement / F. Toye ... [et al.]; title: Making reproductive decisions in the face of a late-onset genetic disorder, Huntington's disease: an evaluation of naturalistic decision-making initiatives / Claudia Downing; title: Decision making and the emotional brain / Jose M. Martinez-Selva, Juan P. Sanchez-Navarro; title: A neuroscientific approach to the psychology of decision making / Michael X Cohen; title: A constructivist framework for exploring influences on decision-making about treatments for chronic pain / Cary A Brown; title: The psychology of using and creating video decision aids for advance care planning / Muriel R. Gillick and Angelo E. Volandes; title: Decision-making at the end of life: cross cultural perspectives / H. Russell Searight.