Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81 , Pages S87-S93 , December 2010

Risky feelings: Why a 6% risk of cancer does not always feel like 6%

  • Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. Tel.: +1 734 936 9179; fax: +1 734 763 7379.
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  • Angela Fagerlin

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • VA Health Services Research & Development Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Peter A. Ubel

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • VA Health Services Research & Development Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 18 January 2010 ,Revised 22 July 2010 ,Accepted 28 July 2010.

PII: S0738-3991(10)00442-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.041

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81 , Pages S87-S93 , December 2010

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