Tragic choices: Autonomy and emotional responses to medical decisions

Journal of Consumer Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-352

  Botti, Simona ^a   Orfali, Kristina ^b   Iyengar, Sheena S ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 70149100881     PISSN: 00935301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598969     Document Type: Article

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