Author: Andy Lazris, Erik Rifkin Full Title: Utilizing Effective Risk Communication In COVID-19: Highlighting The BRCT Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2021 edition (September 14, 2021) Year: 2021 ISBN-13: 9783030745219 (978-3-030-74521-9), 9783030745202 (978-3-030-74520-2) ISBN-10: 303074521X, 3030745201 Pages: 131 Language: English Genre: Medicine: Critical Care Medicine File type: EPUB (True), PDF (True) Quality: 10/10 Price: 77.99 € This book demonstrates how a novel decision-aid, called a Benefit-Risk Characterization Theater (BRCT), can be used to: ✓ Significantly improve accurate communication of health risks from exposure to COVID-19; and ✓ Assess how to best contain and control COVID-19. To date, there have been far-reaching ramifications based on ineffective risk communication when clarifying these health endpoints. A BRCT is a familiar, theatrical chart representation of 1,000 people, with the risks and benefits shown by blackened seats. Since health outcomes can easily be put into such a chart, we show how BRCTs can be used objectively by professionals, the media and lay people. It allows characterization and communication of health benefits and risks of COVID-19 treatment and containment in an undemanding and straightforward way. BRCTs have been successfully used to assist patients in determining: ✓ Their level of acceptable risk of various medical interventions; ✓ If the benefits of intervention outweigh the risks; ✓ Who should make the final decision regarding medical intervention; and ✓ Whether the decision is evidence-based. Written by experts in the field, this book fills in a gap in communication between the medical community, the public and patients. It also provides an area of expertise in communication that is beneficial for medical providers and medical students. Overview: ✓ Presents a facile way of conveying important COVID-19 medical information and data ✓ Demonstrates how a decision-aid can be used to significantly improve accurate communication of health risks from exposure to COVID-19 and to assess how to best contain and control COVID-19 ✓ Teaches communication methods that can be applied broadly to many areas of health care decision-making ------------- Our members see more. Join us!
