Chances and risks in medical risk communication

Chances and risks in medical risk communication

Communication between physicians and patients in everyday life is marked by a number of disruptive factors. Apart from specific interests, mistakes, and misunderstandings on both sides, there are main factors that contribute to the risk in risk communication. Using the example of mammography screeni...

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Main Authors: Hoffrage, Ulrich, Koller, Michael
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2015-07-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Subjects:
risk communication
mammography screening
Bayes’ theorem
probabilities
natural frequencies
relative risk reduction
survival rates
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2015-13/000211.shtml
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spelling doaj-910016ec840148f2b1373a4de5d501ce2020-11-25T02:36:29ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS German Medical Science1612-31742015-07-0113Doc0710.3205/000211Chances and risks in medical risk communicationHoffrage, Ulrich0Koller, Michael1Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandCentre for Clinical Studies, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, GermanyCommunication between physicians and patients in everyday life is marked by a number of disruptive factors. Apart from specific interests, mistakes, and misunderstandings on both sides, there are main factors that contribute to the risk in risk communication. Using the example of mammography screening, the current work demonstrates how the meaning of test results and the informative value of measures taken to reduce risk are often misunderstood. Finally, the current work provides examples of successful risk communication.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2015-13/000211.shtmlrisk communicationmammography screeningBayes’ theoremprobabilitiesnatural frequenciesrelative risk reductionsurvival rates
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author Hoffrage, Ulrich
Koller, Michael
spellingShingle Hoffrage, Ulrich
Koller, Michael
Chances and risks in medical risk communication
GMS German Medical Science
risk communication
mammography screening
Bayes’ theorem
probabilities
natural frequencies
relative risk reduction
survival rates
author_facet Hoffrage, Ulrich
Koller, Michael
author_sort Hoffrage, Ulrich
title Chances and risks in medical risk communication
title_short Chances and risks in medical risk communication
title_full Chances and risks in medical risk communication
title_fullStr Chances and risks in medical risk communication
title_full_unstemmed Chances and risks in medical risk communication
title_sort chances and risks in medical risk communication
publisher German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
series GMS German Medical Science
issn 1612-3174
publishDate 2015-07-01
description Communication between physicians and patients in everyday life is marked by a number of disruptive factors. Apart from specific interests, mistakes, and misunderstandings on both sides, there are main factors that contribute to the risk in risk communication. Using the example of mammography screening, the current work demonstrates how the meaning of test results and the informative value of measures taken to reduce risk are often misunderstood. Finally, the current work provides examples of successful risk communication.
topic risk communication
mammography screening
Bayes’ theorem
probabilities
natural frequencies
relative risk reduction
survival rates
url http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2015-13/000211.shtml
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