Perception of quantitative information for treatment decisions

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 228-238

  Feldman Stewart, Deb ^a,b   Kocovski, Nancy ^a   McConnell, Beth A ^a   Brundage, Michael D ^a   Mackillop, William J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Quantitative information presentation; Questionnaire format

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034036157     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0002000208     Document Type: Article

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