Numerical reasoning in judgments and decision making about health
Every day thousands of individuals need to make critical decisions about their health based on numerical information, yet recent surveys have found that over half the population of the United States is unable to complete basic math problems. How does this lack of numerical ability (also referred to...
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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- Machine generated contents note: Introduction / Britta L. Anderson and Jay Schulkin; 1. Measuring numeracy / Edward T. Cokely, Saima Ghazal and Rocio Garcia-Retamero; 2. Collective statistical illiteracy in health / Jan Multmeier, Wolfgang Gaissmaier and Odette Wegwarth; 3. Physicians' understanding and use of numeric information / Britta L. Anderson and Jay Schulkin; 4. Patient numeracy: what do patients need to recognize, think, or do with health numbers? / Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Gillian Mayman and Angela Fagerlin; 5. Application of numeracy in diabetes mellitus chronic disease care / Jillian Berkman and Kerri L. Cavanaugh; 6. Numeracy and genetic screening / Stephanie Dukhovny and Louise Wilkins-Haug; 7. Using visual aids to help people with low numeracy make better decisions / Rocio Garcia-Retamero and Edward T. Cokely; 8: Anticipating barriers to the communication of critical information / Ellen Peters; 9. Rational healthcare / Ronald Paulus and Walter F. Stewart; 10. A review of theories of numeracy: psychological mechanisms and implications for medical decision making / Valerie F. Reyna and Priscila G. Brust-Renck; 11. Do the numbers help patients decide? Ethical and empirical challenges for evaluating the impact of quantitative information / Peter H. Schwartz; Conclusion / Britta L. Anderson and Jay Schulkin