Bookedited by Gerd Gigerenzer and J.A. Muir Gray.
Contents:
Health literacy : is the patient the problem?
Launching the century of the patient / Gerd Gigerenzer and J.A. Muir Gray
When misinformed patients try to make informed health decisions / Wolfgang Gaissmaier and Gerd Gigerenzer
Reducing unwarranted variation in clinical practice by supporting clinicians and patients in decision making / Albert G. Mulley, Jr., and John E. Wennberg
Do patients want shared decision making and how is this measured? / Martin Hañrter and Daniela Simon
Health illiteracy : roots in research
Health research agendas and funding / David E. Nelson
Reporting of research : are we in for better health care by 2020? / Holger Schanemann, Davina Ghersi, Julia Kreis, Gerd Antes, and Jean Bousquet
Medical journals can be less biased / J.A. Muir Gray
What is needed for better health care : better systems, better patients or both? / Markus A. Feufel, Gerd Antes, Johann Steurer, Gerd Gigerenzer, J.A. Muir Gray, Marjukka MÃñkelÃñ, Albert G. Mulley, Jr., David E. Nelson, Jay Schulkin, Holger Schanemann, John E. Wennberg, and Claudia Wild
Health illiteracy : spread to the public
Statistical illiteracy in doctors / Odette Wegwarth and Gerd Gigerenzer
Statistical illiteracy in journalism : are its days numbered? / Bruce Bower
Improving health care journalism / Holger Wormer
Barriers to health information and building solutions / Talya Miron-Shatz, Ingrid Mahlhauser, Bruce Bower, Michael Diefenbach, Ben Goldacre, Richard S.W. Smith, David Spiegelhalter, and Odette Wegwarth
Health care 2020
How can better evidence be delivered? / Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Hilda Bastian, Angela Coulter, Glyn Elwyn, Gunther Jonitz, David Klemperer, and Wolf-Dieter Ludwig
The drug facts box : making informed decisions about prescription drugs possible / Lisa M. Schwartz and Steven Woloshin
Reengineering medical education / David A. Davis
The chasm between evidence and practice : extent, causes, and remedies / Richard S.W. Smith
The future of diagnostics : from optimizing to satisficing / Henry Brighton
Direct-to-consumer advertising : status quo and suggestions to enhance the delivery of independent medication information / Wolf-Dieter Ludwig and Gisela Schott
How will health care professionals and patients work together in 2020? : a manifesto for change / Ralph Hertwig, Heather Buchan, David A. Davis, Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Martin Harter, Kai Kolpatzik, France LÃgarÃ, Norbert Schmacke, and Holger Wormer.