If You Could Halve the Mortality Rate, Would You Do It?

If you could halve the mortality rate, would you do it?

Received 19 April 2002; electronically published 19 July 2002. Financial support: National Institutes of Health (grants AI 331144, AI 48793, and M01 RR-00585). Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Gregory A. Poland, Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Dept. of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, 611C Guggenheim Building, 200 First St. SW, Roc...

What would you do if it were your kid?

Would you say you "had sex" if...?

CONTEXT The current public debate regarding whether oral sex constitutes having "had sex" or sexual relations has reflected a lack of empirical data on how Americans as a population define these terms. OBJECTIVE To determine which interactions individuals would consider as having "had sex." METHODS A question was included in a survey conducted in 1991 that explored sexual behaviors and atti...

What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?().

Would people choose what they think would maximize their subjective well-being (SWB)? We present survey respondents with hypothetical scenarios and elicit both choice and predicted SWB rankings of two alternatives. While choice and predicted SWB rankings usually coincide in our data, we find systematic reversals. We identify factors-such as predicted sense of purpose, control over one's life, f...

Physicians, patients, and Facebook: Could you? Would you? Should you?

This article investigates the opinions of physicians and patients regarding the use of Facebook to communicate with one another about health-related issues. We analyzed 290 comments posted on online discussion boards and found that most (51.7%) were opposed to physicians being Facebook "friends" with patients and many (42%) were opposed to physicians having any kind of Facebook presence. Some b...