Perceptions of provider's epistemic authority in response to variant of uncertain significance-related recommendations.

ABSTRACT: Uncertain genetic information such as variants of uncertain significance (VUS) is often encountered by patients in clinical cancer genetic testing. Although healthcare providers facilitate patient's understanding of VUS-associated empirical risk and its medical implications, patients' understanding and perceptions of risk often differ and may be based on subjective evaluations such as their perception of provider's epistemic authority (EA). This study examines the hypothesis that individuals attribute greater EA to genetic counselors (GCs) (compared to gastrointestinal oncologists) and to providers who recommend more active VUS-related recommendations (compared to inactive). In a factorial experiment, 652 adult participants recruited on Amazon Mechanical Turk were block-randomized to read

SUBMITTER: Makhnoon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026756 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature