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Contents The Ernst Strüngmann Forum vii List of Contributors ix Health Literacy: Is the Patient the Problem? 1 Launching the Century of the Patient Gerd Gigerenzer and J. A. Muir Gray 3 2 When Misinformed Patients Try to Make Informed Health Decisions Wolfgang Gaissmaier and Gerd Gigerenzer 29 3 Reducing Unwarranted Variation in Clinical Practice by Supporting Clinicians and Patients in Decision Making Albert G. Mulley, Jr., and John E. Wennberg 45 4 Do Patients Want Shared Decision Making and How Is This Measured? Martin Härter and Daniela Simon 53 Health Illiteracy: Roots in Research 5 Health Research Agendas and Funding David E. Nelson 61 6 Reporting of Research: Are We in for Better Health Care by 2020? Holger Schünemann, Davina Ghersi, Julia Kreis, Gerd Antes, and Jean Bousquet 83 7 Medical Journals Can Be Less Biased J. A. Muir Gray 103 8 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 Mäkelä, Albert G. Mulley, Jr., David E. Nelson, Jay Schulkin, Holger Schünemann, John E. Wennberg, and Claudia Wild 117 Health Illiteracy: Spread to the Public 9 Statistical Illiteracy in Doctors Odette Wegwarth and Gerd Gigerenzer 137 10 Statistical Illiteracy in Journalism: Are Its Days Numbered? Bruce Bower 153 11 Improving Health Care Journalism Holger Wormer 169 vi Contents 12 Barriers to Health Information and Building Solutions Talya Miron-Shatz, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Bruce Bower, Michael Diefenbach, Ben Goldacre, Richard S. W. Smith, David Spiegelhalter, and Odette Wegwarth 191 Health Care 2020 13 How Can Better Evidence Be Delivered? Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Hilda Bastian, Angela Coulter, Glyn Elwyn, Günther Jonitz, David Klemperer, and Wolf-Dieter Ludwig 215 14 The Drug Facts Box: Making Informed Decisions about Prescription Drugs Possible Lisa M. Schwartz and Steven Woloshin 233 15 Reengineering Medical Education David A. Davis 243 16 The Chasm between Evidence and Practice: Extent, Causes, and Remedies Richard S. W. Smith 265 17 The Future of Diagnostics: From Optimizing to Satisficing Henry Brighton 281 18 Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Status Quo and Suggestions to Enhance the Delivery of Independent Medication Information Wolf-Dieter Ludwig and Gisela Schott 295 19 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 Härter, Kai Kolpatzik, France Légaré, Norbert Schmacke, and Holger Wormer 317 Abbreviations 339 Glossary 343 Bibliography 347 Subject Index 387 ...

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