01869cam a22003498i 4500 18951985 US-DLC 20161031122324.0 160127s2016 ncu b s001 0 eng c 2016004008 9781469629179 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781469629186 (ebook) NcU/DLC eng rda NcU DLC pcc R723.5 .M36 2016 McNutt, Robert Alan, author. Your health, your decisions : how to work with your doctor to become a knowledge-powered patient / Robert Alan McNutt. 1609 Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] pages cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. A story of failed decision making -- My medical-decision-making story -- Why not just ask my doctor what to do? -- Personal barriers to becoming your own medical decision maker -- Medical information -- Understanding medical information from experiments -- Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? -- The math of medical decision making -- How to determine the value of potential gains and losses to your health -- Making decisions -- Mr. B -- Beginning to make a decision -- The flow of information for people making medical decisions -- Mr. C -- Mrs. D's not-so-dramatic decision to make -- Using the informed medical-decision-making process for tests -- What if there is no reliable information? -- Clarifications -- Where to look for valuable medical information. Medical care Decision making. Physician and patient. local 4 Print books. lcc BOOKS Alfaisal Main Library [2016] 445916 445916 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2016-10-23 0 R723.5 .M36 2016 AU0000000006975 2016-10-23 00:00:00 180.00 2016-10-23 BOOKS