Risk as feelings in the effect of patient outcomes on physicians' future treatment decisions: A randomized trial and manipulation validation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-376

  Hemmerich, Joshua A ^a   Elstein, Arthur S ^a   Schwarze, Margaret L ^a   Moliski, Elizabeth Ghini ^a   Dale, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Aneurysm; Decision making; Emotions; Experiment; Psychology; Risk; Simulation; Surgery; USA

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH SERVICES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK AS FEELING; SELF REPORT; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WATCHFUL WAITING; WATCHFUL WAITING DEATH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861329076     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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