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Aversive medical treatments signal a need for support: a mathematical model

Ineffective, aversive and harmful medical treatments are common cross-culturally, historically and today. Using evolutionary game theory, we develop the following model to explain their persistence. Humans are often incapacitated by illness and injury, and are unusually dependent on care from others...

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Autores principales: de Barra, Mícheál, Cownden, Daniel, Jansson, Fredrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10427312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37588405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2019.2