The Aversion to Risk in the Intake About Medical Decisions : A Revision

This article surveys the literature on risk aversion in medical decision making. Risk aversion concepts are presented in the frameworks of Subjective Expected Utility and Rank Dependent Expected Utility theories. The methodologies for measuring risk aversion and its applications to clinical situations are examined from the points of view of economics and psychology

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Chicaíza, Liliana
Other Persons:	García Molina, Mario (contributor) ; Romano, Giancarlo (contributor)
Publisher:	[2010]: [S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (40 p)
Series:	Documento FCE ; No. EE-18
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments October 7, 2010 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1689041 [DOI]
Classification:	D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; D03 - Behavioral Economics; Underlying Principles ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; I19 - Health. Other
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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