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W. Otten
Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center
Publications - 44
Citations - 2948
W. Otten is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2782 citations. Previous affiliations of W. Otten include Leiden University.
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Development of prosocial, individualistic, and competitive orientations : Theory and preliminary evidence
TL;DR: An interdependence analysis of social value orientation revealed that relative to individualists and competitors, prosocial individuals exhibited greater levels of secure attachment and reported having more siblings, especially sisters.
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Empirical data and moral theory. A plea for integrated empirical ethics.
TL;DR: The main aim of this paper is to introduce a fifth approach of more recent date (i.e. “integrated empirical ethics”) and to offer some methodological directives for research in integrated empirical ethics.
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The counsellees' view of an unclassified variant in BRCA1/2: recall, interpretation, and impact on life.
TL;DR: Unclassified variants (UVs, variants of uncertain clinical significance) are found in 13% of all BRCA1/2 mutation analyses, and little is known about the counsellees' recall and interpretation of a UV, and its psychosocial/medical impact.
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Implicit normativity in evidence-based medicine: A plea for integrated empirical ethics research
TL;DR: It is demonstrated how both the production and presentation of scientific information in an evidence-based decision-support contain implicit presuppositions and values, which pre-structure the moral environment of the clinical process of decision-making.
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Ideals of patient autonomy in clinical decision making: a study on the development of a scale to assess patients’ and physicians’ views
Anne M. Stiggelbout,A.C. (Bert) Molewijk,W. Otten,Danielle R.M. Timmermans,J.H. van Bockel,Job Kievit +5 more
TL;DR: The development of a questionnaire, based on six moral concepts from the ethics literature, is described, which is clearly distinct from the generally used psychological preference questionnaires that assess preferences for physician-patient roles.