This essay considers the problem of over-utilization of medical care at the end of life and the lack of truly informed consent and briefly considers the multiple causes of these phenomena. It then explores the inherent challenges to making informed medical decisions using concepts of Knightian uncertainty, bounded rationality, optimism bias, and other heuristics. The essay concludes that uncertainty inherent in these decisions means that challenges to making truly informed decisions about medical care are even more substantial than physicians acknowledge or patients ever realize. Acknowledging these challenges is the first step to better medical decision making. informed consent has its limits, but avoiding the effort to achieve truly infor...
The doctrine of informed consent\u27 is intended to get physicians to talk to their patients so that...
When the editors of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy asked me to contribute an arti...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...
This essay considers the problem of over-utilization of medical care at the end of life and the lack...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This Article considers how best to ensure that patients have the tools to make informed choices abou...
This Article considers how best to ensure that patients have the tools to make informed choices abou...
This essay explores the informed consent ramifications of the confluence of these two phenomena: dev...
: In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoida...
This essay explores the informed consent ramifications of the confluence of these two phenomena: dev...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...
The doctrine of informed consent\u27 is intended to get physicians to talk to their patients so that...
When the editors of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy asked me to contribute an arti...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...
This essay considers the problem of over-utilization of medical care at the end of life and the lack...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This paper’s primary focus will be on considering how best to ensure that patients have the tools to...
This Article considers how best to ensure that patients have the tools to make informed choices abou...
This Article considers how best to ensure that patients have the tools to make informed choices abou...
This essay explores the informed consent ramifications of the confluence of these two phenomena: dev...
: In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoida...
This essay explores the informed consent ramifications of the confluence of these two phenomena: dev...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...
The doctrine of informed consent\u27 is intended to get physicians to talk to their patients so that...
When the editors of the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy asked me to contribute an arti...
In the modern era, when prolonging life is not an option, the end-of-life discussions are unavoidabl...