The Psychology of Medical Decision Making

Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 585-603

  Chapman, Gretchen B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Health behavior; Insurance policy; Naturalism bias; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247586372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752937.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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