Decision Theory in Medicine: A Review and Critique
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- review article
- Published by JSTOR in The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society
- Vol. 56 (3) , 362-401
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3349653
Abstract
Decision theory's role in medicine will lie between the extremes of naive optimism ("a Rosetta stone") and unmitigated pessimism ("a computerized Ouija board"). Its application to public health policy, research, and administrative problem-solving is established; experience offers some guidelines for more limited use in clinical practice.Keywords
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