Webster, R.K. orcid.org/0000-0002-5136-1098, Weinman, J. and Rubin, G.J. (2019) Explaining all without causing unnecessary harm : is there scope for positively framing medical risk information? Patient Education and Counseling, 102 (3). pp. 602-603. ISSN 0738-3991
Abstract
Clinicians in the United Kingdom are now legally obliged to tell patients about every risk involved in prescribed medical treatments. Although important for informed consent, warning patients of risks such as side-effects can increase the incidence of these very side-effects, through the nocebo effect. Positively framing risk information could be a potential solution to this dilemma, and preliminary data has shown it is effective in healthy volunteers receiving a sham drug. Future research is needed to test its effectiveness in a clinical population.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Patient Education and Counseling. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Risk communication; Positive framing; Side-Effects; Nocebo effects |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2020 13:03 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2020 13:03 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.pec.2018.09.014 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159129 |