Four Factors of Clinical Decision Making: A Teaching Model

Four Factors of Clinical Decision Making: A Teaching Model

Four factors of clinical decision making identified by medical students include quality of care, cost, ethics, and legal concerns. This paper argues that physicians have two responsibilities in the clinical decision-making model: to be the primary advocate for quality health care and to ensure balan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Academic Medicine 1996-06, Vol.71 (6), p.644-6
Hauptverfasser: Leist, James C, Konen, Joseph C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Clinical Clerkship
Clinical Experience
Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Cost Control
Costs
Decision Making
Educational Strategies
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Higher Education
Legal Problems
Medical Education
Models, Educational
North Carolina
Physician Patient Relationship
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians
Primary Health Care - legislation & jurisprudence
Primary Health Care - organization & administration
Professional Education
Quality Control
Quality of Health Care - legislation & jurisprudence
Teaching - methods
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Zusammenfassung:Four factors of clinical decision making identified by medical students include quality of care, cost, ethics, and legal concerns. This paper argues that physicians have two responsibilities in the clinical decision-making model: to be the primary advocate for quality health care and to ensure balance among the four factors, working in partnership with patients, payers, lawyers, ethicists, and government. (Author/MSE)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-199606000-00017