"If I'm better than average, then I'm ok?": Comparative information influences beliefs about risk and benefits

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 140-144

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Comparative risk; Decision making; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 35748982632     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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