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Papers presented at the Ernst Strüngmann Forum held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Oct. 25-30, 2009.

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Strüngmann Forum reports

Health literacy : is the patient the problem?

Launching the century of the patient / Gerd Gigerenzer and J. A. Muir Gray

When misinformed patients try to make informed health decisions / Wolfgang Gaissmaier and Gerd Gigerenzer

Reducing unwarranted variation in clinical practice by supporting clinicians and patients in decision making / Albert G. Mulley, Jr., and John E. Wennberg

Do patients want shared decision making and how is this measured? / Martin Hañrter and Daniela Simon

Health illiteracy : roots in research

Health research agendas and funding / David E. Nelson

Reporting of research : are we in for better health care by 2020? / Holger Schanemann, Davina Ghersi, Julia Kreis, Gerd Antes, and Jean Bousquet

Medical journals can be less biased / J. A. Muir Gray

What is needed for better health care : better systems, better patients or both? / Markus A. Feufel, Gerd Antes, Johann Steurer, Gerd Gigerenzer, J.A. Muir Gray, Marjukka MÃñkelÃñ, Albert G. Mulley, Jr., David E. Nelson, Jay Schulkin, Holger Schanemann, John E. Wennberg, and Claudia Wild

Health illiteracy : spread to the public

Statistical illiteracy in doctors / Odette Wegwarth and Gerd Gigerenzer

Statistical illiteracy in journalism : are its days numbered? / Bruce Bower

Improving health care journalism / Holger Wormer

Barriers to health information and building solutions / Talya Miron-Shatz, Ingrid Mahlhauser, Bruce Bower, Michael Diefenbach, Ben Goldacre, Richard S. W. Smith, David Spiegelhalter, and Odette Wegwarth

Health care 2020

How can better evidence be delivered? / Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Hilda Bastian, Angela Coulter, Glyn Elwyn, Gunther Jonitz, David Klemperer, and Wolf-Dieter Ludwig

The drug facts box : making informed decisions about prescription drugs possible / Lisa M. Schwartz and Steven Woloshin

Reengineering medical education / David A. Davis

The chasm between evidence and practice : extent, causes, and remedies / Richard S. W. Smith

The future of diagnostics : from optimizing to satisficing / Henry Brighton

Direct-to-consumer advertising : status quo and suggestions to enhance the delivery of independent medication information / Wolf-Dieter Ludwig and Gisela Schott

How will health care professionals and patients work together in 2020? : a manifesto for change / Ralph Hertwig, Heather Buchan, David A. Davis, Wolfgang Gaissmaier, Martin Harter, Kai Kolpatzik, France LÃgarÃ, Norbert Schmacke, and Holger Wormer.

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