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Transparent Communication of Health Risks Overcoming Cultural Differences /
Recent research in health decision making has shown that many patients, even those with a college education, have difficulties grasping a host of numerical concepts, including percentages and probabilities. Yet, basic numeracy and graph literacy are essential for understanding information relevant t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Transparent Communication in a Globalized World
- Part I: Cultural Differences in the Understanding of Health-Related Risks
- Chapter 2. Statistical Numeracy for Health
- Chapter 3. How to Measure Risk Comprehension in Educated Samples
- Chapter 4. Graph Literacy for Health
- Chapter 5. Public Knowledge of Benefits of Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening
- Chapter 6. Symptom Recognition of Heart Attack and Stroke
- Part II: Transparent Communication of Health-Related Risks Across Cultures
- Chapter 7. Communicating Information About Preventive Medical Treatments and Screenings
- Chapter 8. Helping People Memorize Consequences of Risky Behaviors
- Chapter 9. Improving the Understanding of Treatment Risk Reduction
- Chapter 10. Reducing Denominator Neglect
- Chapter 11. Reducing the Effect of Framed Messages About Health
- Part III: Overcoming Cultural Differences in Decision Making About Health
- Chapter 12. Transparent Health Information in the Media
- Chapter 13. On the Effect of Individual Differences on Shared Decision Making
- Part IV: Conclusions and Appendix
- Chapter 14. Guidelines for Transparent Communication in a Globalized World
- Chapter 15. Numeracy and Graph Literacy Scales.