Rationale Uncertainty tolerance (UT) is an important, well-studied phenomenon in health
care and many other important domains of life, yet its conceptualization and measurement …

Background Physicians routinely encounter diagnostic uncertainty in practice. Despite its
impact on health care utilization, costs and error, measurement of diagnostic uncertainty is …

The 4th edition of this popular and well-cited text is now co-authored, and includes
significant changes from earlier texts. Presenting a comprehensive review of over a century …

Uncertainty is a pervasive and important problem that has attracted increasing attention in
health care, given the growing emphasis on evidence-based medicine, shared decision …

This volume is a sequel to the landmark work that established an exciting new field of study,
Stress, Appraisal and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984). The author now explores the …

The fundamental challenge for refining theories of communication and uncertainty is to
abandon the assumption that uncertainty will produce anxiety. To better explain processes …

The relationship between uncertainty and information has long been at the forefront of the
social scientific study of human behavior. The last decade has seen increased attention …

Question: How have theorists and empirical researchers treated the human tendency to
avoid discomforting information? Data Sources: A historical review (1890–2004) of theory …

This paper 1) provides reasons why graphics should be effective aids to communicate risk;
2) reviews the use of visuals, especially graphical displays, to communicate risk; 3) …

Communication is a means of managing uncertainty. In a state of uncertainty:(a) information
seeking can reduce uncertainty by allowing for better discrimination between or among …