The Effect of Physicians' Explanations on Patients' Treatment Preferences

Dennis J. Mazur and David H. Hickam

Medical Decision Making, 1994, vol. 14, issue 3, 255-258

Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the influence of physicians' explanations on patients' choices. Setting: A university-based Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Participants: 136 patients seen in a continuity-care general medicine clinic. Measurements and Results: Patients were randomized to two groups [Limited Explanation (LE) and Extensive Explanation (EE)] and asked to choose between two alternative treatments (differing in short-term vs long-term survival benefits) for an unidentified medical condition, based on the information given in the explanations. LE consisted of a brief orientation to graphs summarizing the treatment results, while EE consisted of a detailed verbal description of the graphs. Significantly (p

Date: 1994
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