Do decision biases predict bad decisions? Omission bias, naturalness bias, and influenza vaccination

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 532-539

  DiBonaventura, Marco DaCosta ^a   Chapman, Gretchen B ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Naturalness bias; Omission bias; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYEE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 47249124083     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X08315250     Document Type: Article

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