The effects of communicating uncertainty in quantitative health risk estimates

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-259

  Longman, Thea ^a   Turner, Robin M ^b   King, Madeleine ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Provider patient communication; Risk communication; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868198208     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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