The framing effect in medical decision-making: A review of the literature

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 645-653

  Gong, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b   Yang, Zheng ^c   Huang, Yonghua ^a   Feng, Jun ^a   Zhang, Weiwei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Air force aviation medicine research institute   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Detection behaviour; Framing effect; Medical decision making; Prevention behaviour; Treatment option

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEMANTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADDICTION; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEMANTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886724280     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2013.766352     Document Type: Article

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