Affective forecasting: An unrecognized challenge in making serious health decisions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1708-1712

  Halpern, Jodi ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Doctor patient relationship; Patient preferences; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AFFECT; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 51649121651     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0719-5     Document Type: Review

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