Decision making and cancer

American Psychologist

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-118

  Reyna, Valerie F ^a   Nelson, Wendy L ^b   Han, Paul K ^c   Pignone, Michael P ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision aids; Heuristics and biases; Informed decision making; Medical decision making; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MORALS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84925678300     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036834     Document Type: Article

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