Abstract. Communication of risks often involves communication of statistics. An overview of studies with laypeople and experts shows that the way ...

Abstract. Patients must be informed correctly and appropriately about the risks of therapeutic treatments and drugs, the uncertainties ...

Abstract. When counseling women about their risk for breast cancer and predictive genetic testing it has to be distinguished between women’s epidemiological breast cancer risk and their breast cancer risk ...

Abstract. The aims of this study were to assess adolescents’ perceptions of the personal risks and prevalence of smoking, and to examine whether these perceptions were related and how they varied by gender, age and smoking status. A questionnaire survey ...

Abstract. Most individuals believe that they are less likely than their peers to suffer harm such as contracting HIV; a phenomenon known as “optimistic bias”. Several studies suggest that ...