Ensuring That the Person Who Makes the Decision Is Different

question 75

Multiple Choice

Ensuring that the person who makes the decision is different from the person who evaluates that decision is recommended mainly to:

• A)avoid making decisions in the future.
• B)minimize reliance on an implicit favourite.
• C)increase the incidence of an implicit favourite.
• D)increase the incidence of satisficing.
• E)minimize escalation of commitment.

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Definitions:

Sedation

The administration of drugs to reduce a patient's consciousness level, often to facilitate medical procedures or relieve anxiety.

Pain Management

The process of providing medical care that reduces or eliminates pain.

PCA Button

Stands for Patient-Controlled Analgesia, a system that allows patients to self-administer a controlled amount of pain medication through the press of a button.

Placebo

A placebo is an inactive substance or treatment used as a control in experiments, testing the effect of a drug or medical treatment by comparison.