title: Concept analysis of decision making.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Client decision making in relation to health care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a conceptual analysis of client decision making regarding health care that represents the current state of the science in order to better understand how clients make decisions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A model of client decision making is presented with implications for nursing. Defining attributes, antecedents, consequences, and empirical referents of decision making are developed and illustrated by case presentations.
authors.affiliation: Kauai Community College Wellness Center, USA. jnoone@mail.kauaicc.hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations