As economic inequality increases in the United States and around world, psychologists have begun to study how psychological experience of scarcity impacts people's decision making. Recent work psychology suggests that scarcity—the having insufficient resources accomplish a goal—makes people more strongly prefer what they already like relative dislike or less. That is, may polarize preferences. ...

abstract background: in most countries, one of the main reasons for developing more advanced roles for nurses is to improve access to care in the context of limited number of doctors. it is considered that the introduction of major policy initiatives, such as nurse prescribing, requires high-level discussion and policy development to ensure successful implementation. this study aimed to identif...

OBJECTIVE Given the slow adoption of medical informatics in Hong Kong and Asia, we sought to understand the contributory barriers and potential incentives associated with information technology implementation. DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS A representative sample of 949 doctors (response rate = 77.0%) was asked through a postal survey to rank a list of nine barriers associated with clinical compute...