… [Gerd] Gigerenzer, director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy in Berlin, is an expert in uncertainty and decision-making. His new book, Risk Savvy, takes aim at health professionals for not giving patients the information they need to make choices about healthcare.
But it’s not just that doctors and dentists can’t reel off the relevant stats for every treatment option. Even when the information is placed in front of them, Gigerenzer says, they often can’t make sense of it. CONT.
William Kremer, BBC World Service