"If we were completely rational beings, decisions about our health and medical care would be much..."

“If we were completely rational beings, decisions about our health and medical care would be much different. But as behavioral economics has shown, we often instead fall victim to certain biases and pitfalls that lead us to act against our own long-term goals.”

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Do we give enough attention to the mental aspects of healthcare? The effect of placebos are another example I’d offer.