Introduction -- Part I. Basics first -- 1. What are utilities, preferences and values? -- 2. Heuristics and decision making -- 3. Modeling and mathematical models of decision making -- Part II. Decision making on the individual level -- 4. Basic science articles from the judgment and decision literature -- 5. Basic science article from the health psychological/self-regulation perspective -- 6.Decision making for single events -- 7.Maintaining decision making for multiple events -- 8.Decision making in aging populations: time horizons and familial influences -- 9.Decision making in young adults -- 10. Decision making in disadvantaged populations. Part III. Decision making on the interpersonal level -- 11. Basic science article of spouses/partners and family members -- 12. Decisional influences of health care providers -- Part IV. Decision making by health care providers -- 13. Models of shared decision making -- 14. End-of-life decision making -- 15. Legal aspects of decision making for health care providers -- Part V. Applied decision making -- 16. Decision tools in shared decision making for patients -- 17. Decision tools for health care professionals -- 18. Integration of decision tools in the health care environment: The example of Kaiser Permanente -- 19. The VA as an example of an integration decision tools for patients and physicians -- Part VI. The communication of decisions -- 20. Graphical and numerical communication -- 21. Health literacy and numeracy -- Part VII. Decision making on the organizational level -- 22. Decision making using Electronic Medical records -- 23. Decision making on the practice level -- Part VIII. Decision making on the state and national health policy environment -- 24. How health policy gets made -- 25. Recent changes in the health care environment -- Part IX. The future of decision making -- 26. The promise of New Media: savior or curse?- 27. Social networks and the power of many -- 28. Decision making in the age of genome wide sequencing.