RISKY DECISION-MAKING AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FOR LEUKEMIA AND AIDS PROGRAMS

被引:19
作者
LEVIN, IP [1 ]
CHAPMAN, DP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV IOWA HOSP & CLIN,DEPT PREVENT MED & ENVIRONM HLTH,IOWA CITY,IA 52242
关键词
MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; AIDS; LEUKEMIA;
D O I
10.1037/0278-6133.12.2.110
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Traditional judgment and decision-making paradigms were expanded to include differential reactions to persons with leukemia or AIDS. Experiments 1 and 2 adopted Tversky and Kahneman's risky-decision-making task and found support for different value functions for the 2 patient groups when choosing between treatment programs. From these results, the subjective value of saving a fixed number of lives appears to be greater for persons with leukemia than for persons with AIDS. Experiment 3 provided additional data concerning differential perceptions of the causes of AIDS. This proved to be a useful means of classifying Ss who did and did not devalue the lives of persons with AIDS.
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