patient decision-making

Thursday Review: “Slowing Down Fast Thinking to Enhance Understanding”

Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky more or less invented what we now call Behavioral Economics. Tversky passed away in 1996, but Kahneman went on to win the Nobel Prize and his 2011 bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, brought their work to the general public. The big question Kahneman continuously answers in the book is, “How […]

May 24, 2018By meaningwell Thursday Review Amos Tversky, Behavioral Economics, Daniel Kahneman, Fast and Slow, medical ethics, patient decision-making, patterns, structure, Thinking

Thursday Review: “Narrative Medicine and Decision-Making Capacity”

Greg Mahr’s article on using Narrative Medicine to evaluate the medical decision-making capacity of patients is a wonderful case study in the implementation of the medical humanities. Appearing in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, the paper contains frequent, concise insights into the goals and possibilities of Narrative Medicine. The article is well-written and […]

March 1, 2018By meaningwell Thursday Review assessment, evidence-based medicine, namby-pamby-wishy-washy-artsy-fartsy, narrative competence, narrative skills, patient decision-making, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy