Angela Fagerlin, PhD

Selected Publications:

The potential impact of decision role and patient age on end-of-life treatment decision making.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Lacey HP, Fagerlin A. Journal of Medical Ethics. 34:327-31, 2008.

Alternate methods of framing information about medication side effects: incremental risk versus total risk of occurrence.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Roberts TR, Derry HA, Ubel PA. Journal of Health Communication. 13(2):107-124, 2008.

"If I'm better than average, then I'm ok?": Comparative information influences beliefs about risk and benefits.
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Patient Education and Counseling. 69:140-144, 2007.

Does labeling prenatal screening test results as negative or positive affect a woman's responses?
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Keeton K, Ubel PA. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 197:528.e1-528.e6, 2007.

Validation of the subjective numeracy scale (SNS): Effects of low numeracy on comprehension of risk communications and utility elicitations.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Smith DM, Ubel PA, Fagerlin A. Medical Decision Making. 27:663-671, 2007.

Measuring numeracy without a math test: development of the subjective numeracy scale (SNS).
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA, Jankovic A, Derry HA, Smith DM. Medical Decision Making. 27:672-680, 2007.

Making numbers matter: Present and future research in risk communication.
Fagerlin A, Ubel PA, Smith DM, Zikmund-Fisher BJ. American Journal of Health Behavior. 31(Suppl. 1):S47-S56, 2007.

Rethinking the objectives of decision aids: A call for conceptual clarity.
Nelson WL, Han PKJ, Fagerlin A, Stefanek M, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making. 27:609-618, 2007.

Mortality versus survival graphs: Improving temporal consistency in perceptions of treatment effectiveness.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Patient Education and Counseling. 66:100-107, 2007.

The influence of race, ethnicity and individual socioeconomic factors on breast cancer stage at diagnosis.
Lantz PM, Mujahid M, Schwartz K, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Salem B, Liu L, Deapen D, Katz SJ. American Journal of Public Health . 96:2173-2178, 2006.

It must be awful for them: Healthy people overlook disease variability in quality of life judgments.
Lacey HP, Fagerlin A, Loewenstein G, Smith DM, Riis J, Ubel PA. Judgment and Decision Making. 1:146-152, 2006.

Can avoidance of complications lead to biased healthcare decisions?
Amsterlaw J, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Judgment and Decision Making. 1:64-75, 2006.

A matter of perspective: choosing for others differs from choosing for yourself in making treatment decisions.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Sarr B, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 21:618-622, 2006.

An informed decision? Breast cancer patients and their knowledge about treatment.
Fagerlin A, Lakhani I, Lantz PM, Janz NK, Morrow M, Schwartz K, Deapen D, Salem B, Liu L, Katz SJ. Patient Education and Counseling. 64:303-312, 2006.

Context Changes Choices: A Prospective Study of the Effects of Hospitalization on Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences.
Ditto PH, Jacobson JA, Smucker WD, Danks JH, Fagerlin A. Medical Decision Making. 26:313-322, 2006.

Correlates of between-surgeon variation in breast cancer treatments.
Hawley ST, Hofer TP, Janz NK, Lantz PM, Fagerlin A, Mujahid M, Alderman A, Schwartz K, Liu L, Deapen D, Morrow M, Katz SJ. Medical Care. 44:609-616, 2006.

Breast cancer treatment experiences of latinas in Los Angeles County.
Katz SJ, Lantz PM, Paredes Y, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Liu L, Deapen D. Cancer. 95:2225-2230, 2005.

Cure me even if it kills me: Preferences for invasive treatment.
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making. 25:614-619, 2005.

Patterns and correlates of breast reconstruction: Results from a population-based study.
Morrow M, Mujahid M, Lantz PM, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Schwartz K, Liu L, Deapen D, Salem B, Lakhani I, Katz SJ. Cancer. 104:2340-2346, 2005.

What is perfect health to an 85 year-old? Evidence for scale recalibration in subjective health ratings.
Ubel PA, Jankovic A, Smith DM, Langa K, Fagerlin A. Medical Care. 43:1054-1057, 2005.

Surgeon perspectives on local therapy for breast carcinoma.
Katz SJ, Lantz PM, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Schwartz K, Liu L, Deapen D, Salem B, Lakhani I, Morrow M. Cancer. 104:1854-1861, 2005.

Patient involvement in surgery treatment decisions for breast cancer.
Katz SJ, Lantz PM, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Schwartz K, Liu L, Salem B, Lakhani I, Morrow M. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23:5526-5533, 2005.

Population-based study of the relationship of treatment and sociodemographics on quality of life for early stage breast cancer.
Janz NK, Mujahid M, Lantz PM, Fagerlin A, Salem B, Katz SJ. Quality of Life Research. 14:1467-1479, 2005.

Reducing the influence of anecdotal reasoning on people's health care decisions: Is a picture worth a thousand statistics?
Fagerlin A, Wang C, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making. 25:398-405, 2005.

Evidence-based patient choice: A prostate cancer decision aid in plain language.
Holmes-Rovner M, Stableford S, Fagerlin A, Wei JT, Ohene-Frempong J, Kelly-Blake K, Rovner D. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 5:16, 2005.

How making a risk estimate can change the feel of that risk: Shifting attitudes toward breast cancer risk in a general public survey.
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Ubel PA. Patient Education and Counseling. 57:294-299, 2005.

What's time got to do with it? Inattention to duration in interpretation of survival graphs.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Risk Analysis. 25:589-595, 2005.

Patterns and correlates of local therapy for women with ductal carcinoma in situ.
Katz SJ, Lantz PM, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Schwartz K, Liu L, Deapen D, Salem B, Lakhani I, Morrow M. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23:3001-3007, 2005.

Satisfaction with surgery outcomes and the decision process in a population-based sample of women with breast cancer
Lantz PM, Janz NK, Fagerlin A, Schwartz K, Liu L, Lakhani I, Salem B, Katz SJ. Health Services Research. 40:745-767, 2005.

Ignorance of hedonic adaptation to hemo-dialysis: a study using ecological momentary assessment.
Riis J, Loewenstein G, Baron J, Jepson C, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 134:9-Mar, 2005.

Lying to insurance companies: The desire to deceive among physicians and the public
Werner RM, Alexander GC, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. American Journal of Bioethics. 4:53-59, 2004.

Patient education materials for prostate cancer: a critical review.
Fagerlin A, Rovner D, Stableford S, Wei JT, Jentoft C, Holmes-Rovner M. Annals of Internal Medicine. 140:721-728, 2004.

Molding the past: Biased assimilation of historical information.
Hulsizer MR, Munro GD, Fagerlin A, Taylor SP. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 34:1048-1074, 2004.

Racial disparities in the treatment of localized/regional prostate cancer.
Underwood W, DeMonner S, Ubel PA, Fagerlin A, Sanda M, Wei JT. Journal of Urology. 171:1504-1507, 2004.

Is 28% good or bad?: Evaluability and preference reversals in health care decisions.
Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making. 24:142-148, 2004.

Reflections from the population: survey methods.
McMahon LF, Fagerlin A. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 38:307-308, 2004.

Enough: The failure of the living will.
Fagerlin A, Schneider CE. Hastings Center Report. 34:30-42, 2004.

Stability of older adults' preferences for life-sustaining medical treatment.
Ditto PH, Smucker WD, Danks JH, Jacobson JA, Houts RM, Fagerlin A, Coppola KM, Gready RM. Health Psychology. 22:605-615, 2003.

Effect of assessment method on the discrepancy between judgments of health disorders people have and do not have: A web study.
Baron J, Asch DA, Fagerlin A, Jepson C, Loewenstein G, Riis J, Stineman MG, Ubel PA. Medical Decision Making. 23(5):422-434, 2003.

Support for physician deception of insurance companies among a sample of Philadelphia residents.
Alexander GC, Werner RM, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Annals of Internal Medicine. 138:472-475, 2003.

The use of advance directives in end-of-life decision making: problems and possibilities.
Fagerlin A, Ditto PH, Hawkins NA, Schneider CE, Smucker WD. American Behavioral Scientist. 46:268-283, 2002.

The "hassle factor": What motivates physicians to manipulate reimbursement rates?
Werner RM, Alexander GC, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Archives of Internal Medicine. 162:1134-1139, 2002.

Projection in surrogate decisions about life-sustaining medical treatments.
Fagerlin A, Ditto PH, Danks JH, Houts RM, Smucker WD. Health Psychology. 20:166-175, 2001.

Gender differences in preferences for life-sustaining treatments and end-of-life values.
Bookwala J, Coppola KM, Fagerlin A, Ditto PH, Danks JH, Smucker WD. Death Studies. 25:127-149, 2001.

Older adults' attitudes toward death: Links to perceptions of health and concerns about end-of-life issues.
Lockhart LK, Bookwala J, Fagerlin A, Coppola KM, Ditto PH, Danks JH, Smucker WD. Omega. 43:331-347, 2001.

Advance directives as acts of communication: A randomized, controlled trial.
Ditto PH, Danks JH, Smucker WD, Bookwala J, Coppola KM, Dresser R, Fagerlin A, Gready RM, Houts RM, Lockhart LK, Zyzanski S. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161:421-430, 2001.

Gaming the system--Public preferences that doctors play?
Alexander GC, Werner RM, Fagerlin A, Ubel PA. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16(Suppl. 1):185, 2001.

Modal preferences predict elderly patients' life-sustaining treatment choices as well as patients' chosen surrogates do.
Smucker WD, Houts RM, Danks JH, Ditto PH, Fagerlin A, Coppola KM. Medical Decision Making. 20:271-280, 2000.

Disciplinary differences in self-regulated learning in college students.
Vanderstoep SW, Pintrich PR, Fagerlin A. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 21:345-362, 1996.