Decisional Strategy Determines Whether Frame Influences Treatment Preferences for Medical Decisions

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-294

  Woodhead, Erin L ^a   Lynch, Elizabeth B ^b   Edelstein, Barry A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing effects; Heuristics; Medical decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PREFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959289962     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021608     Document Type: Article

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