Promoting Reflection on Medical Maximizing-Minimizing Preferences May Create Undesired Effects on Decisions About Low-Benefit and High-Benefit Care
Background Medical maximizing-minimizing (MM) preferences predict a variety of medical decisions. We tested whether informing people about their MM preferences and asking them to reflect on the pros and cons of that preference would improve medical decisions when clear clinical recommendations exist...
Main Authors: | Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Victoria A. Shaffer, Laura D. Scherer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-01-01
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Series: | MDM Policy & Practice |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468320987498 |
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