Physicians' attitudes about communicating and managing scientific uncertainty differ by perceived ambiguity aversion of their patients

Health Expectations

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 362-372

  Portnoy, David B ^a   Han, Paul K J ^b   Ferrer, Rebecca A ^a   Klein, William M P ^a   Clauser, Steven B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Patient provider communication; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY AVERSION; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHARED DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY;

AMBIGUITY AVERSION; PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION; SHARED DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84887981100     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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