Medical decision making: Lessons from psychology

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 665-668

  McDermott, Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Availability heuristic; Benefit; Bias (psychological, cognitive); Cancer (prostate, lung, breast); Chance; Decision making; Denial; Diabetes; Framing effects; Loss; Prospect theory; Reference point; Risk

Indexed keywords

DENIAL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK;

EID: 55249111589     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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