There seems to be an increasing desire to study game theory with relevance to medicine. Increasing amounts of medical malpractice lawsuits, interactions between doctors and patients, and doctors and health managers, and so forth, can show this. These interactions of course are shaped by the various behaviors and psychology of doctors, patients, and managers.

One example of game theory can be applied to medical ethics. Riggs offers an example of a neurologist dealing with fundamentalist Christian parents who want their brain dead daughter to be on the respirator at all costs. These are a conflict of several different ethical perspectives that are irreconcilable. Game theory can provide a sort of manner in which medicine can deal with this.

Other articles focus on the relationships of doctors to their patients in the realm of medical consultation. A doctor may be more concerned with the overall health while a patient may want a mere quick fix solution. These differences of behavior and needs will be a conflict that w ill have to be dealt with. There are issues also between managers and doctors as well.

While other professions have adopted game theory into their practice, medicine still remains to adopt it and the models remain to be determined still.

Source

http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=999

http://qshc.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/13/6/415

http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/30/4/359?ck=nck