'… this book presents a relatively broad overview of the field of decision making in health care … the chapters are well written and the book as a whole represents a valuable contribution to the field.' Applied Cognitive Psychology

• Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Introduction Gretchen B. Chapman and Frank Sonnenberg; 2. Decision modeling techniques Mark S. Roberts and Frank Sonnenberg; 3. Utility assessment under expected utility and rank dependent utility assumptions John Miyamoto; 4. Evidence-based medicine John P. A. Ioannidis and Joseph Lau; Part II. Health Policy and Economics: 5. Linking health policy modeling with health policy formation and implementation David B. Matchar and Greg P. Samsa; 6. Cost-effectiveness analysis Louis B. Russell; Part III. Psychology of Medical Decision Making: 7. Cognitive processes and biases in medical decision making Gretchen B. Chapman and Arthur S. Elstein; 8. Physician judgments of uncertainty Neal V. Dawson; 9. Bioethics and medical decision making: what can they learn from each other? Joshua Cohen, David Asch and Peter Ubel; 10. Team medical decision making Caryn Christensen and Ann S. Abbott; Part IV. Applications: 11. Assessing patients' preferences Anne M. Stiggelbout; 12. Applying utility assessment at the 'bedside' Mary K. Goldstein and Joel Tsevat; 13. Advances in presenting health information to patients Holly Brugge Jimison and Paul Phillip Sher; 14. Computer-assisted clinical decision support Antoine Geissbuhler and Randolph A. Miller; 15. Opportunities for applying psychological theory to improve medical decision making: two case histories Robert M. Hamm, Dewey C. Scheid, Wally R. Smith and Thomas G. Tape.