Placeholder text

Go to cart

Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions

By Gerd Gigerenzer

Product Image: Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions

Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions

0 - Used - good
Description
How eliminating "risk illiteracy” among doctors and patients will lead to better health care decision making. Contrary to popular opinion, one of the main problems in providing uniformly excellent health care is not lack of money but lack of knowledge—on the part of both doctors and patients. The studies in this book show that many doctors and most patients do not understand the available medical evidence. Both patients and doctors are "risk illiterate”—frequently unable to tell the difference between actual risk and relative risk. Further, unwarranted disparity in treatment decisions is the rule rather than the exception in the United States and Europe. All of this contributes to much wasted spending in health care. The contributors to Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions investigate the roots of the problem, from the emphasis in medical research on technology and blockbuster drugs to the lack of education for both doctors and patients. They call for a new, more enlightened health care, with better medical education, journals that report study outcomes completely and transparently, and patients in control of their personal medical records, not afraid of statistics but able to use them to make informed decisions about their treatments.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
404
Release Date:
2013-01-11
Publication Date:
2013-01-11
Publisher:
MIT Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
026251852X
ISBN13:
9780262518529
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Maximum Reading Age:
99
Weight:
583 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out