On the Elicitation of Preferences for Alternative Therapies

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 306, Issue 21, 1982, Pages 1259-1262

  McNeil, Barbara J ^a,b,c   Pauker, Stephen G ^a,b,c   Sox, Harold C ^a,b,c   Tversky, Amos ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROBABILITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 0020026522     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198205273062103     Document Type: Article

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