RT Book, Section
A1 Nagappan, Suresh
A1 Roberts, Kenneth B.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6730472
T1 Chapter 2. Decision Making: Use of Evidence-Based Medicine
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6730472
RD 2024/04/19
AB Making  thoughtful  decisions  about  patient  care  is  at  the  core  of  a  physician’s  responsibilities.  Multiple  factors  feed  into  clinical  decision  making:  a  physician’s  experience,  the  values  and  preferences  of  the  patient  and  patient’s  family,  socioeconomic  factors,  resources  available  in  the  community,  and  the  best  evidence  that  exists  at  the  time.  Physicians  may  have  an  understandable  tendency  to  be  influenced  by  a  past  missed  diagnosis  or  an  emotional  case  or  to  ignore  information  that  conflicts  with  preconceived  theories.  While  recent  emphasis  is  on  the  importance  of  peer-reviewed  evidence,  a  management  plan  based  solely  on  evidence  from  the  literature  may  fail  if  not  accepted  by  the  family.  Peer-reviewed  evidence  is  therefore  a  necessary  but  insufficient  basis  for  clinical  decision  making.