Link → Americans Use Excessive Force, or None at All, Battling Diseases
This is a discussion of two studies that look at seemingy irrational healthcare decision-making by patients:
“In one, researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology investigate why some breast cancer patients who could safely opt for limited surgery instead insist on a more radical procedure. In the other, researchers from the University of Michigan found Americans suffering chronic kidney failure are more likely to go off their drug regimen than their counterparts overseas.”
