Decision analysis and Alzheimer disease: three case studies.

摘要: Decision analysis may be useful to people facing Alzheimer disease (AD) decisions. The use of decision in three such cases is reported. first case involved a middle-aged person worried about early-onset AD and deciding whether seek genetic testing. let the participant reject testing consider innovative care options. second concerned later-onset AD. for her was more complex, led assignment some limited value on her. third revolved around caregiver's treatment decisions patient with severe It recognize importance factors she had not previously considered. In each cases, intensive process appears have improved subject's decision.