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Risk and experience: effects of experiential learning and patient characteristics in interpretation of dynamic risk graphics.

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Risks can be explained to patients in narratives, numbers, or graphs. All these methods depend upon description. However, decisions from description differ systematically from decisions about risks that are experienced through activities such as drawing cards from a deck. We have developed a dynamic graphic interface that provides a virtual experience of event probabilities, with potential applications in patient education and decision support.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Jessica S Ancker, Yalini Senathirajah, Elke U Weber, Rita Kukafka

Institution: Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: U.S. National Library of Medicine

Award: Training in Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University