Impact of Selective Evidence Presentation on Judgments of Health Inequality Trends: An Experimental Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Harper, Sam ^a   King, Nicholas B ^a   Young, Meredith E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877824734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063362     Document Type: Article

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