Handbook of Health Decision Science
This comprehensive reference delves into the complex process of medical decision making—both the nuts-and-bolts access and insurance issues that guide choices and the cognitive and affective factors that can make patients decide against their best interes
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andbook of Health Decision Science
Handbook of Health Decision Science
Michael A. Diefenbach Suzanne Miller-Halegoua Deborah J. Bowen Editors
Handbook of Health Decision Science
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Editors Michael A. Diefenbach Behavioral Research, Department of Medicine and Urology Northwell Health Manhasset, NY USA
Deborah J. Bowen Department of Bioethics and Humanities Seattle University of Washington Seattle, WA USA
Suzanne Miller-Halegoua Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-3484-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-3486-7
ISBN 978-1-4939-3486-7
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Acknowledgments
M.A. Diefenbach thanks his wife Catherine for unwavering encouragement throughout the years, his children (Nicky, Franziska, Alexander) for making it all worthwhile, and his friends and colleagues, who challenge him in the pursuit of excellence. S. Miller-Halegoua thanks her husband Isaak Halegoua, MD, for his professional insights and loving encouragement along with her children (Natasha and Nicolas Miller Benacerraf; Jason and Jamie Halegoua) for believing in this book and for showing her how decisions about health are not just personal but also interfamilial and intergenerational, and her colleagues for shining the light on the scientific and clinical roads to better medical choices. Dr. Miller also acknowledges her institutional grant NIH P30 CA06927. D.J. Bowen would like to thank her partner and family for ongoing support and her colleagues for driving her to think harder. We would also like to thank all of the patients, families, providers, and decision makers who have faced complex and important medical decisions and have provided us with data and insight about their processes. These insights are filte
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