Patients' perceptions of treatment for kidney failure: The impact of personal experience on population predictions

Estimates of the probability of various outcomes associated with treatment for kidney failure were made by chronic dialysis patients, dialysis patients awaiting transplant, successful transplant patients, and unsuccessful transplant patients back on dialysis. The latter two groups can be considered...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental social psychology 1985-01, Vol.21 (2), p.138-148
Hauptverfasser: McCauley, Clark, Durham, Margo, Copley, John B, Johnson, John P
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Estimates of the probability of various outcomes associated with treatment for kidney failure were made by chronic dialysis patients, dialysis patients awaiting transplant, successful transplant patients, and unsuccessful transplant patients back on dialysis. The latter two groups can be considered a natural experiment testing the impact of personal experience on population predictions. Consistent with the law of small numbers and the availability heuristic, successful transplant patients gave higher estimates of the population success rate for transplantation than unsuccessful transplant patients gave.
ISSN:0022-1031
1096-0465
DOI:10.1016/0022-1031(85)90011-3