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If you have a patient in a doctor's office who's just been told they have terminal cancer but there's this operation they could perform right now that might save their lives. ... they have a 90 percent chance of surviving the operation — if you tell them that, they respond one way. if you tell them ... that they have a 10 percent chance of being killed by the operation, they are about three times less likely to have the operation.
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If You Have A Patient In A

Michael Lewis
If you have a patient in a doctor's office who's just been told they have terminal cancer but there's this operation they could perform right now that might save their lives. ... they have a 90 percent chance of surviving the operation — if you tell them that, they respond one way. if you tell them ... that they have a 10 percent chance of being killed by the operation, they are about three times less likely to have the operation.
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