A matter of perspective: Choosing for others differs from choosing for yourself in making treatment decisions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 618-622

  Zikmund Fisher, Brian J ^a,b,c   Sarr, Brianna ^b,c   Fagerlin, Angela ^a,b,c   Ubel, Peter A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Omission bias; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PARENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 33744502623     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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