How to Think About ”Risk” Part 1

“How to Think About Risk” is arguably the most crucial topic ever discussed on the Patient Empowerment Program. Navigating decisions with substantial risk can be challenging, intricate, and even intimidating. The ability to detach from the intense emotions surrounding these choices is critical for making the best and most logical decisions.

On This Episode We Discuss:

• Why nano-rare patients and their families need to think effectively about risk
• Risk vignettes: infectious diseases, automobile and smoking deaths
• A rational way to think about risk
• Being comfortable with a probabilistic reality
• The 80/20 rule
• Considering consequences
• The process to assess risk
• Getting serious about risk/benefit evaluations
• Risk/benefit judgements