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People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter? (2001)
Journal Article
Covey, J. (2001). People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter?. Risk Analysis, 21(2), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1111/0272-4332.212115

Previous tests of how people's valuations of safety vary with the level of baseline risk have left policymakers with a rather mixed message. Some data support the conventional hypothesis derived from economic theory that marginal valuations of risk c... Read More about People's preferences for safety control: Why does baseline risk matter?.

Presenting risk information : the effects of 'framing' and other manipulations on patient outcomes (2001)
Journal Article
Edwards, A., Elwyn, G., Covey, J., Matthews, E., & Pill, R. (2001). Presenting risk information : the effects of 'framing' and other manipulations on patient outcomes. Journal of Health Communication, 6(1), 61-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730150501413

Discussing risks and benefits of treatments or care options is becoming an increas ingly important part of modern health care. This paper reviews the literature about manipulations of risk and benefit information in the clinical setting. There is a p... Read More about Presenting risk information : the effects of 'framing' and other manipulations on patient outcomes.