A Physician Has to Weigh the Value of Human Life

Multiple Choice

A physician has to weigh the value of human life against financial and other costs when making medical decisions. Rather than consider the values of hits and correct rejections and the costs of misses and false alarms, Swets suggested that physicians:

A) ignore the costs
B) develop a ratio of benefits and costs in the form of a statement
C) weight the values twice as much as the costs
D) ignore the costs and values and go with a gut judgment