Communicating with Older Adults: Recognizing Hidden Traps in Health Care Decision Making (IMAGE)

The Gerontological Society of America

Communicating with Older Adults: Recognizing Hidden Traps in Health Care Decision Making

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The Gerontological Society of America -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has expanded its Communicating with Older Adults publication series with the release of "Recognizing Hidden Traps in Health Care Decision Making." This unique guide offers solutions to overcoming two specific obstacles that could impede optimal health outcomes: common heuristics, described as mental shortcuts or "rules of thumb," and cognitive biases, which are predictable systematic errors in reasoning.

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