This talk will signal a change in the format of some of our monthly talks. We will begin incorporating some brainstorming sessions, which will allow investigators to get feedback on projects that are related to the Center. In this first brainstorming session, Angie will describe her grant proposal where she intends to test the effectiveness of a low literacy decision for prostate cancer against standard care. She will evaluate the decision aid in terms of it's ability to facilitate patient-physician communication and in improving the decision making process.

<a href="http://chcr.umich.edu/who_we_are/people/person.2005-04-12.1348518434/person_view"><b>Angie Fagerlin</b></a> is a research investigator in the Center for
Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine at the Ann Arbor
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research &amp; Development Service and
the University of Michigan. Her research interests includes testing
methods for improving the communication of risks and benefits of
treatments, particularly for patients who have poor numeracy skills.&nbsp; She is
also interested in the factors that influence people's decisions about
medical care. She has written extensively about the use of living wills
in end-of-life decision making.<a href="http://chcr.umich.edu/who_we_are/people/person.2005-04-12.1348518434/person_view"></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span><br>