Modeling patient decision-making: The role of base-rate and anecdotal information

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Freymuth, Angela K ^a   Ronan, George F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anecdote; Base rate; Clinical decision making; Medical decision making; Patient decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATERNALISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344639883     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCS.0000037615.23350.f3     Document Type: Article

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