{"product_id":"better-doctors-better-patients-better-decisions-envisioning-health-care-2020-paperback","title":"Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions: Envisioning Health Care 2020 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerd Gigerenzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJ. a. Muir Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow eliminating \"risk illiteracy\" among doctors and patients will lead to better health care decision making.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContrary to popular opinion, one of the main problems in providing uniformly excellent health care is not lack of money but lack of knowledge--on the part of both doctors and patients. The studies in this book show that many doctors and most patients do not understand the available medical evidence. Both patients and doctors are \"risk illiterate\"--frequently unable to tell the difference between actual risk and relative risk. Further, unwarranted disparity in treatment decisions is the rule rather than the exception in the United States and Europe. All of this contributes to much wasted spending in health care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eBetter Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions\u003c\/i\u003e investigate the roots of the problem, from the emphasis in medical research on technology and blockbuster drugs to the lack of education for both doctors and patients. They call for a new, more enlightened health care, with better medical education, journals that report study outcomes completely and transparently, and patients in control of their personal medical records, not afraid of statistics but able to use them to make informed decisions about their treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerd Gigerenzer is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalculated Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeuristics and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. A. Muir Gray is director of the National Knowledge Service, Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvidence-Based Healthcare\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerd Gigerenzer is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalculated Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeuristics and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. A. Muir Gray is director of the National Knowledge Service, Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvidence-Based Healthcare\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerd Gigerenzer is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalculated Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeuristics and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. A. Muir Gray is director of the National Knowledge Service, Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvidence-Based Healthcare\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerd Gigerenzer is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalculated Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeuristics and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. A. Muir Gray is director of the National Knowledge Service, Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvidence-Based Healthcare\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJay Schulkin is Research Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Georgetown University, where he is also a member of the Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerd Gigerenzer is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCalculated Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books, and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeuristics and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRalph Hertwig is Director of the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.63 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52705401635123,"sku":"9780262518529","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WWMyZ0ZkMlZ4ZnI5d2RTbTRhWDFtdz09.webp?v=1763380518","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/better-doctors-better-patients-better-decisions-envisioning-health-care-2020-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}