[How clinicians make choices]

Recenti Prog Med. 2018 Mar;109(3):164-165. doi: 10.1701/2876.29000.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Humans are influenced by irrational preferences in making choices, so that clinicians also are prone to irrational decision-making. Exhaustive information about the value of therapies are frequently unavailable, full results of intervention trials are often hidden, conclusive evidence is highly desirable but it is seldom accessible. Healthcare could benefit from the new ways of approaching the decision framework due to behavioral economists: understanding the hidden traps in decision-making and the way the human brain works is an essential step and the best protection from biases is always awareness.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Bias
  • Choice Behavior*
  • Decision Making*
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration
  • Delivery of Health Care / standards
  • Humans
  • Physicians / organization & administration*