Jennifer L Hay, Yelena Wu, Elizabeth Schofield, Kim Kaphingst, Andrew L Sussman, Delores D Guest, Keith Hunley, Yuelin Li, David Buller, Marianne Berwick
Exploring the role of cancer fatalism and engagement with skin cancer genetic information in diverse primary care patients
Psycho-oncology
studies suggest people construct risk perceptions using inferential rules called heuristics purpose study identify heuristics influence perceived breast cancer risk examined 11 interviews women diverse ethniccultural backgrounds recruited community settings narratives women elaborated breast cancer risk analyzed argument heuristic reasoning analysis methodology based applied logic availability simulation representativeness affect perceived control heuristics search dominance structure commonly used making risk assessments risk assessments based experiences abnormal breast symptom experiences affected family members friends beliefs living healthy lifestyle trust health providers assessment potential threat breast symptom facilitated search dominance structure experiences family members friends incorporated risk assessments availability simulation representativeness affect heuristics mistrust health providers led inappropriate dependence perceived control heuristic identified heuristics appear create predictable biases suggest perceived breast cancer risk based common cognitive patterns