Belief in numbers: When and why women disbelieve tailored breast cancer risk statistics

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-259

  Scherer, Laura D ^a,b   Ubel, Peter A ^c   McClure, Jennifer ^d   Greene, Sarah M ^d   Alford, Sharon Hensley ^e   Holtzman, Lisa ^b   Exe, Nicole ^b   Fagerlin, Angela ^a,b  

^a VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Decision aids; Risk calculator; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

BREAST CANCER; DECISION AIDS; RISK CALCULATOR; SHARED DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84880327867     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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