Abstract
Reasoning well about risk is most challenging when a woman is pregnant, for patient and doctor alike. During pregnancy, we tend to note the risks of medical interventions without adequately noting those of failing to intervene, yet when it's time to give birth, interventions are seldom questioned, even when they don't work. Meanwhile, outside the clinic, advice given to pregnant women on how to stay healthy in everyday life can seem capricious and overly cautious. This kind of reasoning reflects fear, not evidence.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Anti-Asthmatic Agents / administration & dosage
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Antidepressive Agents / administration & dosage
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Appendicitis / diagnostic imaging
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Asthma / drug therapy
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Coitus*
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Decision Making* / ethics
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Depression / drug therapy
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Evidence-Based Medicine*
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Fear
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Female
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Fetal Death
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Humans
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Parturition*
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications* / diagnosis
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Pregnancy Complications* / therapy
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnostic imaging
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Pregnant Women* / psychology
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Radiation Injuries / etiology
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Radiation Injuries / prevention & control
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Risk Assessment
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Risk Factors
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Risk*
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Seafood / adverse effects
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed / adverse effects
Substances
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Anti-Asthmatic Agents
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Antidepressive Agents