Decision making in health care demands that we balance multiple considerations, like quality of life, statistics, and how different options could affect others. Dr Brian Zikmund-Fisher shares his own experience as a patient and explains how decision science can help us navigate ethically complex health decisions.
Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD and C. Donald Combs, PhD
Overhaul of curricula is due and should focus on knowledge management (rather than information acquisition), effective use of AI, improved communication, and empathy.
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10.1001/amajethics.2019.146.
AI might improve patient-clinician relationships, but various underlying assumptions will need to be addressed to bring these potential benefits to fruition.
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10.1001/amajethics.2020.395.