Does pregnancy affect medical ethical decision making?

Does pregnancy affect medical ethical decision making?

OBJECTIVE We studied and compared the attitudes of pregnant women v new mothers in an attempt to confirm changing patterns of maternal response towards medical ethical decision making in critically ill or malformed neonates. DESIGN Data were obtained by questionnaires divided into three sections: 1. sociodemographic; 2. Theoretical principles which might be utilised in the decision-making pro...

Does Affect Matter in Naturalistic Decision Making?

Motivation Research over the past 10-15 years, however, has greatly enhanced our understanding of the ways in which affect or emotion influences how people make decisions, how they process information, how they interact with automation and computers, how they respond to risk, and which outcomes they prefer. Research approach The purpose of this presentation is to review relevant aspects of the ...

Acute stress does not affect risky monetary decision-making

The ubiquitous and intense nature of stress responses necessitate that we understand how they affect decision-making. Despite a number of studies examining risky decision-making under stress, it is as yet unclear whether and in what way stress alters the underlying processes that shape our choices. This is in part because previous studies have not separated and quantified dissociable valuation ...

From Medical Decision-making to Medical-cost-comparative Decision-making.

WHEN A PHYSICIAN GATHERS A PATIENT’S history, runs diagnostic tests and performs an evaluation, he or she is performing medicine’s most fundamental act: medical decision-making. Patient care is all about physicians bringing their education, training and personal experience to bear with a particular patient and his or her particular symptoms, disease or injury. Frequently, the course of treatmen...

The Ethical Dangers of Rational Decision Making 1 The Ethical Dangers of Rational Decision Making