Effect of physician disclosure of specialty bias on patient trust and treatment choice.

ABSTRACT: This paper explores the impact of disclosures of bias on advisees. Disclosure-informing advisees of a potential bias-is a popular solution for managing conflicts of interest. Prior research has focused almost exclusively on disclosures of financial conflicts of interest but little is known about how disclosures of other types of biases could impact advisees. In medicine, for example, physicians often recommend the treatment they specialize in; e.g., surgeons are more likely to recommend surgery than nonsurgeons. In recognition of this bias, some physicians inform patients about their specialty bias when other similarly effective treatment options exist. Using field data (recorded transcripts of surgeon-patient consultations) from Veteran Affairs hospitals and a randomized controlled labora

SUBMITTER: Sah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4941435 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature