Sunk cost and commitment to medical treatment

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-134

  Coleman, Martin D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Healthcare; Sunk cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952320969     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9077-7     Document Type: Article

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