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We always weigh risks against benefits.
But more important, many doctors weigh risks and potential benefits of treatments in ways different from their patients without realizing that wide contrasts exist.
At the same time, the parts of the frontal cortex that are activated by adults when they weigh risks and rewards lag developmentally.
What's more, when we're in a state of heightened emotion, we don't weigh risks and benefits equally — risks take on an outsized impact and benefits begin to pale in comparison.
Four prominent junior doctors give their reaction to the GMC's new advice: "As a doctor, I weigh risks and benefits every day and, after long and careful deliberation, my conscience requires me to strike next week.
A recent Health and Human Services Department memo cited research suggesting that in adolescents the brain is still evolving "in its ability to organize, regulate impulses, and weigh risks and rewards".
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Investors also need to weigh risk.
This paranoia has become my reality, as I weigh risk against the value of living a fearless existence.
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For equity funds, we equally weigh risk-adjusted performance and costs in our Best Buy calculations.
A normal army is trained to carefully weigh risk, enemy strength, and secondary impact.
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