Clinical judgement and decision making in palliative care

How clinicians manage access to opioid replacement therapy

“…The findings from this study support Gallacher's (2007) description of clinical judgment and decisionmaking. The clinical judgments applied on John and Jane's treatment requests were informed by the influencing factors presented in this study, which assisted the clinician to make a decision and determine an outcome for the consumer.…”

“…Clinical decision-making, clinical judgment, and clinical reasoning have been used interchangeably in the literature to describe the clinician's response to processing information in clinical practice (Fossum et al 2011). Gallacher (2007 described decision-making and clinical judgment as interrelated processes, with the decision not made until a judgment has occurred.…”

“…Clinical decision-making, clinical judgment, and clinical reasoning have been used interchangeably in the literature to describe the clinician's response to processing information in clinical practice (Fossum et al 2011). Gallacher (2007) described decision-making and clinical judgment as interrelated processes, with the decision not made until a judgment has occurred. Tanner (2006) suggested that clinical judgments are reliant on the clinician's expertise and their relationship with the consumer, the context of the situation, the clinician's pattern reasoning, and the clinician's reflection on prior events to make a decision.…”