Highlights of This Issue
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 195-197. [PDF] [Request Permission]  

Amnon Sonnenberg and Nimish Vakil

The Benefit of Negative Tests in Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 199-207. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Carolyn L. Kerrigan, E. Dale Collins, H. Myra Kim, Paul L. Schnur, Edwin Wilkins, Bruce Cunningham, and Julie Lowery

Reduction Mammaplasty: Defining Medical Necessity
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 208-217. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Karen M. Kuntz and Sue J. Goldie

Assessing the Sensitivity of Decision-Analytic Results to Unobserved Markers of Risk: Defining the Effects of Heterogeneity Bias
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 218-227. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

John M. Boone, Karen K. Lindfors, and J. Anthony Seibert

Determining Sensitivity of Mammography from Screening Data, Cancer Incidence, and Receiver-Operating Characteristic Curve Parameters
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 228-237. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Ernest W. Lau and G. A. Ng

Visual Illusions Created by Survival Curves and the Need to Avoid Potential Misinterpretation
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 238-244. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Richard G. Frank, and Thomas G. McGuire

Using Elicitation Techniques to Estimate the Value of Ambulatory Treatments for Major Depression
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 245-261. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Andrea D. Gurmankin, Jonathan Baron, John C. Hershey, and Peter A. Ubel

The Role of Physicians’ Recommendations in Medical Treatment Decisions
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 262-271. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Pamela L. Hudak, Jocalyn P. Clark, Gillian A. Hawker, Peter C. Coyte, Nizar N. Mahomed, Hans J. Kreder, and James G. Wright

"You’re Perfect for the Procedure! Why Don’t You Want It?" Elderly Arthritis Patients’ Unwillingness to Consider Total Joint Arthroplasty Surgery: A Qualitative Study
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 272-278. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Dennis J. Mazur

Law and Ethics: The Internet, Privacy, and Fair Information and the Question of Trust in Scientific Trials
Med Decis Making 2002 22: 279-280. [PDF] [Request Permission]  

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