title: Even without our biases, the outlook for prognostication is grim.
abstract: Physicians are biased and imprecise, but we are better at predicting mortality in the intensive care unit than any mathematical model currently available. But even if we were flawless prognosticators, we would still be left with the larger ethical problem of what to do with prognostic information. In order to translate prognosis into recommendation, we need to know about patient values.
authors: University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. james.downar@utoronto.ca
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Downar
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D015982:Bias; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000941:ethics; D009026:Mortality; D010820:Physicians; D011379:Prognosis