Value-induced bias in medical decision making

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Levy, Andrea Gurmankin ^a,b   Hershey, John C ^c,d  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Risk perception; Subjective probability; Value induced bias; Wishful thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 41149170678     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07311754     Document Type: Article

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