Sutherland, H. J.; Lockwood, G. A.; Tritchler, D. L.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 32 (1991) 6, pp. 725-731
The objective was to examine the way that cancer patients translate verbal descriptors of probability into numerical estimates. A list of words commonly used on consent forms to describe the likelihood for benefits or risks of therapies was provided to 100 cancer patients. Two formats,...