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Cognitive Bias: The Downside of Shared Decision Making.

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Ozdemir, S; Finkelstein, EA
Published in: JCO Clin Cancer Inform
December 2018

This narrative review presents theoretical and empirical evidence of common cognitive biases that are likely to influence treatment choices of patients with cancer and other illnesses. We present an overview of common cognitive biases that result from how and when information is presented to patients. We supplement these descriptions with cancer-specific examples or those from other health fields if no cancer-specific examples are available. The results provide compelling evidence that patient treatment choices are subconsciously influenced by both known and unknown biases. Shared decision making is ideal in theory, but in reality, it is fraught with risks resulting from cognitive biases and undue influence of even the best-intentioned physicians and family members. Efforts should be made to minimize these concerns and to help patients to make decisions that their future selves are least likely to regret.

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JCO Clin Cancer Inform

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EISSN

2473-4276

Publication Date

December 2018

Volume

2

Start / End Page

1 / 10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Humans
  • Decision Making
  • Cognition
  • Bias
 

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Ozdemir, S., & Finkelstein, E. A. (2018). Cognitive Bias: The Downside of Shared Decision Making. JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 2, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1200/CCI.18.00011
Ozdemir, Semra, and Eric Andrew Finkelstein. “Cognitive Bias: The Downside of Shared Decision Making.JCO Clin Cancer Inform 2 (December 2018): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1200/CCI.18.00011.
Ozdemir S, Finkelstein EA. Cognitive Bias: The Downside of Shared Decision Making. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2018 Dec;2:1–10.
Ozdemir, Semra, and Eric Andrew Finkelstein. “Cognitive Bias: The Downside of Shared Decision Making.JCO Clin Cancer Inform, vol. 2, Dec. 2018, pp. 1–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1200/CCI.18.00011.
Ozdemir S, Finkelstein EA. Cognitive Bias: The Downside of Shared Decision Making. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2018 Dec;2:1–10.

Published In

JCO Clin Cancer Inform

DOI

EISSN

2473-4276

Publication Date

December 2018

Volume

2

Start / End Page

1 / 10

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Humans
  • Decision Making
  • Cognition
  • Bias