Reducing demand for ineffective health remedies: overcoming the illusion of causality.

Douglas MacFarlaneMark J HurlstoneUllrich K H Ecker

Published in: Psychology & health (2018)

We found evidence that communicating a simplified full-contingency table and an alternate causal explanation may help reduce demand for ineffective health remedies by countering the illusion of causality.

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public health
healthcare
mental health
health information
human health
electronic health record