厌恶性医学治疗表明需要支持:一个数学模型
Mícheál de Barra1, Daniel Cownden2, Fredrik Jansson3,4
1Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University, London.
Evolutionary human sciences
|August 17, 2023
概括
厌恶性医学治疗仍然存在,因为它们可以阻止疾病欺骗. 通过使护理成本高昂,只有真正需要帮助的人才会接受治疗,确保真正的疾病的护理分配.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 医学人类学医学人类学
- 游戏理论的游戏理论.
背景情况:
- 无效,厌恶和有害的医疗治疗在历史上和跨文化上普遍存在.
- 人类的康复包括对他人的照顾依赖,创造脆弱性.
- 疾病欺骗 (假装或夸大疾病) 可以利用护理人员的资源.
研究的目的:
- 用进化游戏理论来建模厌恶性医疗治疗的持续性.
- 解释看似无效的治疗方法如何在进化上是可行的.
- 了解当真正的需要难以辨别时的护理分配.
主要方法:
- 一个进化游戏理论模型的开发.
- 在潜在的疾病欺骗条件下对护理人员-患者动态的分析.
- 基于感知到的益处与成本对待治疗接受度的模拟.
主要成果:
- 矛盾的是,厌恶性治疗可以增加照顾者的生存能力.
- 只有需要实质性治疗的人才会接受昂贵或厌恶的治疗.
- 这种机制有助于将护理分配给真正需要护理的人.
结论:
- 厌恶性治疗可以作为一种机制,将真正的需求从欺骗中过出来.
- 历史和当代"无效"的治疗方法可以成为护理分配的适应性解决方案.
- 了解这些动态,可以深入了解合作和医疗保健的演变.
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