Research associated with Doctor-patient communication

Publications:

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.

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.

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.

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, Fagerlin A, Sarr B, 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.

Individualized survival curves improve satisfaction with cancer risk management: decisions in women with BRCA 1/2 mutations.
Armstrong K, Weber B, Ubel PA, Peters N, Holmes J, Schwartz JS. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23:9319-9328, 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.

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.

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, Kelly-Blake K, Rovner D, Stableford S, Ohene-Frempong J, Velarde M, Fagerlin A, Wei JT. 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.

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.

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

When do patients and their physicians agree on diabetes treatment goals and strategies, and what difference does it make?
Heisler M, Vijan S, Anderson RM, Ubel PA, Bernstein SJ, Hofer TP. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 18:893-902, 2003.

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.

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