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Advance care planning in end of life care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120466
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2018. 2nd ed.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents :; Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care…
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Editor
Thomas, Keri
Lobo, Ben
Detering, Karen
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2018
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning - organization & administration
Decision Making
Terminal Care
Right to Die
Abstract
Table of Contents :
Introduction to advance care planning -- Overview and introduction to advance care planning -- What are the benefits of advance care planning and how do we know? -- An introduction to advance care planning: practice at the frontline -- Person-centred care: how does advance care planning support this and what are the economic benefits? -- Advance care planning for an ageing population -- Spiritual and ethical aspects of advance care planning -- Advance care planning: a personal view and stories from the frontline -- Context and experience of advance care planning in the UK -- Advance care planning in the UK: update on policy and practice -- Advance decisions to refuse treatment and the impact of wider legislation -- Discussions and decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for advance care planning and decision making -- Experience of use of advance care planning in care homes -- Advance care planning in the community -- Advance care planning in hospices and palliative care -- Advance care planning in hospitals -- Advance care planning: thinking ahead for parents, carers, children, and young people -- Advance care planning and people with dementia -- Experience of advance care planning internationally -- Advance care planning in Australia -- Advance care planning in Canada -- Advance directives and advance care planning: the US experience -- Advance care planning in New Zealand: our Voice--to tatou reo -- Advance care planning in Germany: on track for nationwide implementation -- Advance care planning in an Asian country -- Practicalities and areas of common ground -- Communication skills and advance care planning -- Advance care planning in chronic disease: finding the known in the midst of the unknown -- Planning ahead in all areas -- A population-based approach to end-of-life care and advance care planning.
ISBN
9780198802136
9780192542359
9780192542366
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Best practices for engagement : tip sheets

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122442
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2020.
Audience
Professional
Contents:; Best Practices for Successful Engagement -- Diversity in Patient Engagement -- Engagement Methods -- How to Request Patient and Family Partners -- Matching Partners -- Planning Engagement -- Presenting With Patient Partners -- Reimbursing Partners.
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Alternate Title
Patient experience program : best practices for engagement
Corporate Author
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Culturally Competent Care
Cultural Diversity
Patient Participation - methods
Decision Making
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Abstract
Contents:
Best Practices for Successful Engagement -- Diversity in Patient Engagement -- Engagement Methods -- How to Request Patient and Family Partners -- Matching Partners -- Planning Engagement -- Presenting With Patient Partners -- Reimbursing Partners.
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Tip sheets in PDF format and more patient and family engagement resources available at link
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http://2pod.phsa.ca/quality-safety/patient/engagement/Pages/default.aspx
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Clinical ethics : a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog15477
Jonsen, Albert R, Siegler, Mark, Winslade, William J. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc. , 2006. 6th ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB 60 J81 2006
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Jonsen, Albert R
Siegler, Mark
Winslade, William J
Edition
6th ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Publication Date
2006
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Ethics, Clinical
Bioethical Issues
Patient Participation
Decision Making
Ethical Analysis - methods
Quality of Life
ISBN
0071441999
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Kelowna Library
Call Number
WB 60 J81 2006
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Decision making for late-phase recovery from major nuclear or radiological incidents : recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113837
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. [Bethesda, MD]: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements , 2014.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Place of Publication
[Bethesda, MD]
Publisher
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
xix, 488 p.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Ebrary books
NCRP report ; no. 175
Subjects
Radiation Injuries - prevention & control
Radioactive Hazard Release
Decision Making
Disaster Planning - methods
Radiation Protection - methods
Radioactive Fallout
Guideline
United States
ISBN
9780983545057
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Demystifying authentic patient engagement : practical tips for success

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121765
Patient Voices Network, Patient & Public Engagement Team at the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council (BCPSQC). [Vancouver, BC?]: Patient Voices Network , [2018].
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
Patient Voices Network
Patient & Public Engagement Team at the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council (BCPSQC)
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Patient Voices Network
Publication Date
[2018]
Subjects
Patient Participation - methods
Community Participation - methods
Decision Making
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Notes
At head of title: workshop companion.
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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https://patientvoicesbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PVNTipsBaltimore.pdf
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Engaging patients and families in projects, committees and organizational decision making policy

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122712
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2020.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Patient Participation
Decision Making, Organizational
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Culturally Competent Care
Cultural Diversity
Policy
Practice Guideline
Notes
Also available : Engaging patients and families In projects, committees and organizational decision making procedure
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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http://shop.healthcarebc.ca/phsa/BCCancer/Patient Experience/70442.pdf
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Engaging patients and families in projects, committees and organizational decision making procedure

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122713
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency , 2020.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
BC Cancer, Patient & Family Engagement
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Patient Participation
Decision Making, Organizational
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Culturally Competent Care
Cultural Diversity
Practice Guideline
Notes
Also available :
Engaging patients and families in projects, committees and organizational decision making policy
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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http://shop.healthcarebc.ca/phsa/BCCancer/Patient Experience/70443.pdf
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Finding what works in health care : standards for systematic reviews

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19853
Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press , 2011. prepublication copy : uncorrected proofs.
Audience
Professional
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Editor
Eden, Jill
Edition
prepublication copy : uncorrected proofs
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press
Publication Date
2011
Subjects
Review Literature as Topic
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Decision Making
Evidence-Based Medicine - methods
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Delivery of health Care - standards
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13059/finding-what-works-in-health-care-standards-for-systematic-reviews
http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2011/Finding-What-Works-in-Health-Care-Standards-for-Systematic-Reviews/Standards.aspx
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Guidelines for the economic evaluation of health technologies : Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121661
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. [Ottawa, ON]: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) , 2017. 4th ed.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W 82 G946 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Corporate Author
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
76 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
CADTH methods and guidelines
Subjects
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - economics
Technology Assessment, Biomedical - methods
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making
Guidelines
Canada
Notes
In April 2006 Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA) changed to Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
W 82 G946 2017
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https://www.cadth.ca/about-cadth/how-we-do-it/methods-and-guidelines/guidelines-for-the-economic-evaluation-of-health-technologies-canada

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How to engage patient and public advisors : a guide for staff

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121764
Vancouver Coastal Health Community Engagement. [Vancouver, BC?]: Vancouver Coastal Health , 2015.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
Vancouver Coastal Health Community Engagement
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Vancouver Coastal Health
Publication Date
2015
Subjects
Patient Participation - methods
Community Participation - methods
Delivery of Health Care
Decision Making
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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http://cean.vch.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/07/How-to-Engage-Patient-and-Public-Advisors-A-Guide-for-Staff-FINAL2.pdf
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How to successfully engage patients and families in|building quality-improvement initiatives

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121766
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI). Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI) , [2019].
Audience
Professional
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Alternate Title
How to successfully engage patients and families in building quality-improvement initiatives : 10 lesson learned from patient and family advisors
Corporate Author
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI)
Publisher
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI)
Publication Date
[2019]
Subjects
Patient Participation - methods
Community Participation - methods
Decision Making
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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https://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/docs/default-source/itr/pe-hub/pe-patient-tip-sheet-from-advisors-e
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Intelligent disobedience : doing right when you're told to do wrong

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113857
Chaleff, Ira. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. , 2015.
Audience
Professional
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Author
Chaleff, Ira
Place of Publication
Oakland, CA
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
xvi, 206 p.
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Ebrary books
Subjects
Decision Making - ethics
Morals
Social Responsibility
Organizational Culture
ISBN
9781626564282
9781626564275
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Intercultural community engagement tip sheet for Chinese and South Asian populations

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121759
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2019.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health
Publication Date
2019
Subjects
Culturally Competent Care
Cultural Diversity
Patient Participation - methods
Decision Making
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Notes
May 2019
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Read Online
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/heath-care-partners/patients-as-partners/intercultural-community-engagement-tip-sheet.pdf
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Look it up! : what patients, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists need to know about the Internet and primary health care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120879
Pluye, Pierre, Barlow, Julie, Grad, Roland. Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen's University Press , 2017.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
W 26.55.D2 P738 2017
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Table of Contents:; 1 A New Way of Diagnosing -- 2 Do I Really Need This Test? -- 3 When Clinicians Disagree -- 4 The Expanded Role of Pharmacists -- 5 Better Treatment for Chronic Problems and Common Conditions -- 6 Getting Patients Engaged -- 7 The Pros and Cons of "Doctor Google" -- 8 Nurses and…
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Author
Pluye, Pierre
Barlow, Julie
Grad, Roland
Place of Publication
Montreal, QC
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date
2017
Physical Description
xii, 182 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
Internet
Primary Health Care
Physician-Patient Relations
Health Literacy
Medical Informatics
Popular Work
Abstract
Table of Contents:
1 A New Way of Diagnosing -- 2 Do I Really Need This Test? -- 3 When Clinicians Disagree -- 4 The Expanded Role of Pharmacists -- 5 Better Treatment for Chronic Problems and Common Conditions -- 6 Getting Patients Engaged -- 7 The Pros and Cons of "Doctor Google" -- 8 Nurses and Doctors Can't Remember Everything -- 9 The Hidden Problem of Health Literacy -- 10 The Family Doctor of the Future.
ISBN
9780773551367
9780773551909
9780773551916
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
W 26.55.D2 P738 2017
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NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on management of menopause-related symptoms March 21-23, 2005

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18250
National Institutes of Health. [Bethesda, MD]: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service , 2009.
Audience
Professional
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Alternate Title
NIH Consens State-of-the-Science Statements, volume 22, number 1, March 21-23, 2005
Corporate Author
National Institutes of Health
Place of Publication
[Bethesda, MD]
Publisher
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service
Publication Date
2009
Subjects
Menopause
Hot Flashes
Behavior Therapy
Decision Making
Estrogen Replacement Therapy
Sleep Disorders - etiology
Evidence-Based Medicine
Quality of Life
Risk Factors
Risk Assessment
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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http://consensus.nih.gov/2005/menopause.htm
http://consensus.nih.gov/2005/menopausestatement.pdf
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Patient, family, caregiver and public engagement framework 2018

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121756
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2018.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Patient Participation - methods
Decision Making
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Read Online
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/heath-care-partners/patients-as-partners/patients-as-partners-framework.pdf
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Patient, family, caregiver and public engagement planning guide 2018

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121755
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative. [Victoria, BC?]: Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health , 2018.
Audience
Professional
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Corporate Author
British Columbia Ministry of Health Patients as Partners Initiative
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Health
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Patient Participation - methods
Decision Making
Caregivers
Professional - Patient Relations
Professional - Family Relations
Notes
May 2018
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/heath-care-partners/patients-as-partners/engagement-planning-guide.pdf
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Patient's wish to die : research, ethics, and palliative care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120469
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press , 2015.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents :; PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced canc…
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Editor
Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph
Gudat, Heike
Ohnsorge, Kathrin
Place of Publication
Oxford, UK
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2015
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Right to Die - ethics
Suicide, Assisted - ethics
Euthanasia
Patient Participation
Attitude to Death
Palliative Care - psychology
Advance Care Planning
Terminal Care
Decision Making
Ethics, Clinical
Abstract
Table of Contents :
PART I: Introduction -- Why it is important to know about patients? wishes to die -- PART II: Research --Illness narratives, meaning making, and epistemic injustice in research at the end of life -- Expressed desire for hastened death in seven patients living with advanced cancer: a phenomenologic inquiry -- Expressed desire for hastened death: a phenomenologic inquiry? 10 years later -- Euthanasia (requests) after the implementation of the euthanasia law in Belgium in 2002. Results of empirical studies in Flanders, Belgium -- The journey to understanding the wish to hasten death -- The desire for hastened death in patients in palliative care -- Intentions, motivations, and social interactions regarding a wish to die -- Acting on a wish to die at the end of life: the Swiss situation -- Understanding older people?s wish to die -- Dialogue intermezzo: I -- PART III: Ethics -- Caring and killing in the clinic: the argument of self-determination -- Towards responsive knowing in matters of life and death -- Dealing with dilemmas around patients? wishes to die: moral case deliberation in a Dutch hospice -- End-of-life ethics from the perspectives of patients? wishes -- Dialogue intermezzo: II -- PART IV: Practice -- Issues of palliative medicine in end-of-life care -- Spirituality at the bedside: negotiating the meaning of dying -- Communication of wishes to die -- From understanding to patient-centred management: clinical pictures of a wish to die -- What does the wish to hasten death mean for the palliative patient? Clinical implications -- PART V: Conclusion -- Concluding dialogue.
ISBN
9780191023330
9780198713982
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Prediction machines, updated and expanded : the simple economics of artificial intelligence

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124728
Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press , c2022.
Audience
Professional
"Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life?driving cars, trading stocks, an…
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Editor
Agrawal, Ajay
Gans, Joshua
Goldfarb, Avi
Place of Publication
Boston, Massachusetts
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Publication Date
c2022
Series
ProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence - economics
Forecasting - methods
Decision Making
Abstract
"Named one of "The five best books to understand AI" by The Economist The impact AI will have is profound, but the economic framework for understanding it is surprisingly simple. Artificial intelligence seems to do the impossible, magically bringing machines to life?driving cars, trading stocks, and teaching children. But facing the sea change that AI brings can be paralyzing. How should companies set strategies, governments design policies, and people plan their lives for a world so different from what we know? In the face of such uncertainty, many either cower in fear or predict an impossibly sunny future. But in Prediction Machines, three eminent economists recast the rise of AI as a drop in the cost of prediction. With this masterful stroke, they lift the curtain on the AI-is-magic hype and provide economic clarity about the AI revolution as well as a basis for action by executives, policy makers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In this new, updated edition, the authors illustrate how, when AI is framed as cheap prediction, its extraordinary potential becomes clear: Prediction is at the heart of making decisions amid uncertainty. Our businesses and personal lives are riddled with such decisions. Prediction tools increase productivity?operating machines, handling documents, communicating with customers. Uncertainty constrains strategy. Better prediction creates opportunities for new business strategies to compete. The authors reset the context, describing the striking impact the book has had and how its argument and its implications are playing out in the real world. And in new material, they explain how prediction fits into decision-making processes and how foundational technologies such as quantum computing will impact business choices. Penetrating, insightful, and practical, Prediction Machines will help you navigate the changes on the horizon." --publisher
ISBN
9781647824679
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Primer on scientific risk assessment at Health Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog19148
Saner, Marc. [Ottawa, ON]: Health Canada , 2010.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA900 S223 2010
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Author
Saner, Marc
Corporate Author
Canada. Health Canada
Place of Publication
[Ottawa, ON]
Publisher
Health Canada
Publication Date
2010
Subjects
Risk Assessment
Consumer Product Safety
Public Health
Risk Management
Decision Making
Canada
ISBN
9781100153773
Language
English
French
Material Type
Book
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
WA900 S223 2010
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http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/sr-sr/pubs/about-apropos/2010-scientif-ris/index-eng.php
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