Medical Decision Making Pdf

Book Detail
Edition: 1st
Release: 2006-11-15
Publisher: The American College of Physicians
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1930513798
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Medical Decision Making pdf
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Since it was first published in 1988, Medical Decision Making has become the world-wide standard textbook for medical decision making. Written to meet the needs of medical students and experienced clinicians alike, this book is a clearly presented, step-by-step guide to understanding how, through the processes of decision analysis, a physician can reach valid, reasoned conclusions about medical treatment despite imperfect information about the patient. The focus of Medical Decision Making is on estimating probability, measuring the inaccuracy of clinical data, and interpreting new information, then making choices: should the patient be treated, should more information be obtained, or should nothing be done? The authors make extensive use of clinical examples to illustrate Bayesian analysis, formal decision analysis, and basic concepts of how to evaluate the usefulness of diagnostic tests in various situations. The text is supplemented with many illustrations, useful end-of-chapte Download Medical Decision Making for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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