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See Latest ArticlesAnchoring-and-Adjustment Bias in Communication of Disease Risk
Medical Decision Making, 04/20/09
Senay I et al. - Over the next decade, advances in genomics will make it increasingly possible to provide patients with personalized, genetic-based risks of common diseases, allowing them the opportunity to take preventive steps through behavioral changes. However, research indicates that people may insufficiently adjust their subjective risk to the objective risk value communicated to them by a healthcare provider, a phenomenon called anchoringand-adjustment bias.
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