@article{ref1,
title="Aversion to side effects in preventive medical treatment decisions",
journal="British journal of health psychology",
year="2007",
author="Waters, Erika A. and Weinstein, Neil D. and Colditz, Graham A. and Emmons, Karen M.",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="383-401",
abstract="Objectives.  Individuals may be overly sensitive to the side effects of treatments aimed at preventing illness, in part because they have difficulty in evaluating situations with several possible outcomes that differ in probability. This study tested willingness to undergo a hypothetical preventive treatment and accuracy in determining the probability of harm from the treatment as a function of the presence of a side effect, the initial probability of harm, the format in which probabilities were presented (percentages or frequencies), and the presence or absence of a graphic.<p />",
language="",
issn="1359-107X",
doi="10.1348/135910706X115209",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/135910706X115209"
}