Non-Medical Influences Upon Medical Decision-Making and R...
Mcphail, David / Flynn, Darren / Schaik, Paul Van
This bibliography presents studies of nonmedical factors (patient, clinician, and practice variables) that influence medical decision-making. Those factors include age, gender and presentational style of the patient, age, years in practice and attitudes of the clinician, and geographical location and list size of the practice. The authors separate such factors into two cateogories. The first is decision-making in the context of general patient...