Why Doctors Use Probability and Play with Risk Over Time

Many people make decisions based on the probability of a specific outcome. Every day, doctors have to decide to base their health care decisions on probability. Listen to this public radio story about how a man's health care choice went against probability.

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AIR DATE: 07/21/2014

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