کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9929139 1566290 2005 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
What do patients consider when making decisions about treatment for hepatitis C?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
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What do patients consider when making decisions about treatment for hepatitis C?
چکیده انگلیسی
Ideally, complex decision-making is based on careful consideration of the tradeoffs related to available options. Our findings suggest that patients' treatment decisions are influenced by multiple factors besides the risks and benefits of interferon and ribavirin. By being aware of these factors physicians can improve decision-making in hepatitis C infection by 1) determining whether patients' decisions are biased by heuristics or protect values, 2) understanding how patients' conceptualization of their illness influences their attitudes toward therapy, and by 3) ensuring that patients understand that social responsibilities need not necessarily preclude treatment because therapy can be discontinued if adverse effects become intolerable.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The American Journal of Medicine - Volume 118, Issue 12, December 2005, Pages 1387-1391
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