Wegwarth,O.
Gigerenzer,G.

(from the chapter) In this chapter, we investigate the trust-your-doctor heuristic. Conceptually, this heuristic differs from the vision of "shared decision making" in that patients relying on this heuristic would not make their own decision based on discussing the pros and cons of medical interventions with their doctors, but would merely trust them and follow their advice. We first investigate patients' search strategies and knowledge. Using the dual-mode model of trust, we subsequently define requirements of when trust-your-doctor would and would not be socially rational, and establish whether the requirements are met in the current environments. Finally, we discuss alternative strategies for making decisions in medicine and outline how the medical environment needs to be changed to make trust-your-doctor a socially rational heuristic. But before we start our investigation on patients' trust, we will first look back into the history of patient-doctor relationships. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)

Wegwarth, O., & Gigerenzer, G. (2013). Trust-your-doctor: A simple heuristic in need of a proper social environment. In R. Hertwig, U. Hoffrage, & the ABC Research Group, Simple heuristics in a social world (pp. 67-102). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Publication year	2013
Document type:	In book
Publication status:	Published
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Keywords:	conflict of interestsdefensive medicineheuristicknowledge of doctorsmedical decision makingmedical educationpatient educationscreening decisionstrust-your-doctorunderstanding of diagnostic tests