Item Details

title

On Bayesian Logic, Shared Decision-Making, and Decisional Tools

author

Hrabovsky, Ryan Matthew

abstract

In this thesis, I propose a new tool for clinicians and patients to use during the shared decision-making process to assist both parties in choosing the patient's medical intervention. I begin by exploring the shared decision-making process, covering its history, and essential elements. Following that, I offer an analysis of decisional logic systems, focusing specifically on Bayesian logic. I demonstrate how Bayesian logic can be used to determine how well one’s preferences and values align with a probability of outcome overall. From this, I provide an examination of patient decision aids, which are tools that have been proposed to supplement the clinical encounter, and I reveal why these tools pose a great risk of obstructing the shared decision-making process. I then propose a new tool to use in the clinical encounter and defend it against potential critiques. I conclude that the tools I offer are likely to be beneficial to the shared decision-making process.

subject

Autonomy

Bioethics

Consent

Decision-making

Ethics

Logic

contributor

King, Nancy M.P. (advisor)

Iltis, Ana S. (committee member)

Colgrove, Nicholas (committee member)

date

2023-07-25T17:48:28Z (accessioned)

2023-07-25T17:48:28Z (available)

2023 (issued)

degree

Bioethics (discipline)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/102222 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis