The issue of the allocation of resources in health care is here to stay. The goal of this study was to explore the views of physicians on several topics that have arisen in the debate on the allocation of scarce resources and to compare these with the views of policy makers. We asked physicians (oncologists, cardiologists, and nursing home physicians) and policy makers to participate in an inte...

Medical decision making: open research challenges Brian T. Denton , Oguzhan Alagoz , Allen Holder & Eva K. Lee To cite this article: Brian T. Denton , Oguzhan Alagoz , Allen Holder & Eva K. Lee (2011) Medical decision making: open research challenges, IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 1:3, 161-167, DOI: 10.1080/19488300.2011.619157 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10...

the ethical sensitivity of nurses in decision making in ayatollah taleghani hospital, 1391     baghaei r [1] ,moradi y [2] *,aminolsharehs [3] ,zareh h [4]     received: 30 sep , 2013 accepted: 3 dec , 2013   abstract   background & aims : the ethical decision making process to identify the problems through analysis, and to decide about them in accordance with ethical standards is an important ...

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Background: This paper focuses on the creation of a predictive computer-assisted decision making system for traumatic injury using machine learning algorithms. Trauma experts must make several difficult decisions based on a large number of patient attributes, usually in a short period of time. The aim is to compare the existing machine learning methods available for medical informatics, and dev...

Texture analysis is quite important operation in medical image processing. Wavelet based texture analysis is developed which gives better way of extracting inherent object and properties in medical image. It gives a robust technique in disease diagnosis and future of biophysical disorder ness in a body. Image processing has an important influence on the medical decision making process and even ...

psychological empowerment: a strategy for promotion of participatory decision-making, and organizational citizenship behavior (case study: urmia medical university)     hassani m [1] *, majidi j [2]     received: 21 aug, 2012 accepted: 21 nov, 2012     abstract   background & aims : the present study surveys the relationships between participatory decision- making, organizational citizenship be...

The recommended model for patient participation in medical decision-making is the shared decision-making model (SDM). That model is ambiguous as to how much physician influence on patient decision-making is desirable or permissible. Most discussants suggest that physician influence on medical decisions, while allowable, should be limited. Empirical studies of medical decision-making have shown ...