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Daniel's message for doctors

Ken Cox
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05330.x
Published online: 19 May 2003

The work of Daniel Kahneman shows that there is much more to clinical decision-making than the weight of numbers


  • Hunters Hill, NSW.


Correspondence: 

  • 1. Cox K. Not-so-simple Simon. Med J Aust 2001; 175: 268-269.
  • 2. Kahneman D. Judgment and decision making. Psychol Sci 1991; 2: 142-145.
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  • 6. von Neumann J, Morgenstern O. Theory of games and economic behavior. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1953.
  • 7. Tversky A, Kahneman D. The framing of decisions and the psychology of choice. Science 1981; 211: 453-458.

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