Peter Ubel
Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Distinguished Professor
Overview
I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. My research and writing explores the quirks in human nature that influence our lives — the mixture of rational and irrational forces that affect our health, our happiness and the way our society functions. (What fun would it be to tackle just the easy problems?)
I am currently exploring controversial issues about the role of values and preferences in health care decision making, from decisions at the bedside to policy decisions. I use the tools of decision psychology and behavioral economics to explore topics like informed consent, shared decision making and health care spending. My books include Pricing Life (MIT Press 2000) and Free Market Madness (Harvard Business Press, 2009). My newest book, Critical Decisions (HarperCollins), came out in September of 2012, and explores the challenges of shared decision making between doctors and patients.
Positions
Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Distinguished Professor in the Fuqua School of Business
2012 Fuqua School of Business
Professor of Business Administration in the Fuqua School of Business
2010 Fuqua School of Business
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
2010 Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine
2010 School of Medicine
Professor in Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine
2020 School of Medicine
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society in the Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
2017 Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy in the Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
2019 Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2013 School of Medicine
Education
B.A. 1984
1984 Carleton College
M.D. 1988
1988 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (23)
- Awards (1)
- Academics Articles (411)
- Conference Pages (13)
- Book Sections (7)
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Emory University
New York University School of Medicine
American Urological Association Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Patrick & Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Greenwall Foundation
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Harvard University
National Palliative Care Research Center
American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation
Brigham and Women's Hospital
University of Michigan
National Institutes of Health
National Academy of Medicine
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Jco Oncol Pract
Journal of the American Heart Association
Annals of Surgical Oncology
The Journal of Clinical Ethics
Jama Network Open
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
Annals of Neurology
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Patient Educ Couns
Jama Internal Medicine
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Journal of Medical Internet Research
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
Neurocritical Care
The Permanente Journal
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
Med Decis Making
J Child Neurol
Journal of General Internal Medicine
J Neonatal Perinatal Med
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
European Urology Focus
Journal of Medical Ethics
Clin Trials
Support Care Cancer
Journal of Adolescent Health
Mdm Policy & Practice
The New England Journal of Medicine
Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Contemporary Clinical Trials
Jama Health Forum
The New England Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
J Psychosoc Oncol
Annals of Internal Medicine
Jama Pediatrics
Jama Internal Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine
Plos One
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
The New England Journal of Medicine
Pediatrics
Ann Intern Med
Am J Bioeth
Journal of Virus Eradication
Health Aff (Millwood)
Health Aff (Millwood)
Journal of Consumer Psychology
The New England Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Lancet Haematology
Jama Surgery
J Perinatol
Jama Internal Medicine
Plos One
J Oncol Pract
Am J Bioeth
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Annals of Internal Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Psychiatr Serv
Jama Internal Medicine
British Journal of Health Psychology
Health Commun
Med Decis Making
Mdm Policy & Practice
Annals of Surgery
Annals of Internal Medicine
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
American Journal of Managed Care
Personalized Medicine
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
American Journal of Human Genetics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Mdm Policy & Practice
Jnccn Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Bmc Health Services Research
Annals of Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Health Expectations : an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
The Hastings Center Report
Genetics in Medicine : Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
The New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Hastings Center Report
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Health Affairs
The New England Journal of Medicine
Public Health Nutrition
Genome Medicine
Journal of Marketing Research
The New England Journal of Medicine
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Annals of Internal Medicine
Health Economics, Policy, and Law
Jama Internal Medicine
Patient Educ Couns
The New England Journal of Medicine
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Annals of Internal Medicine
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Health Expectations : an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy
Ajob Empirical Bioethics
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
The Lancet. Oncology
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
The New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Patient Education and Counseling
Patient Education and Counseling
The Hastings Center Report
Patient Education and Counseling
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Social Science & Medicine
Breast Cancer Research : Bcr
The Virtual Mentor : Vm
Journal of Happiness Studies
International Journal of Press Politics
Health Affairs
Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.)
Lancet (London, England)
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Patient Education and Counseling
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Quality of Life Research
Archives of Internal Medicine
Annals of Surgical Oncology
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Intensive Care Medicine
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Archives of Internal Medicine
Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care
The Hastings Center Report
Archives of Internal Medicine
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
Ps: Political Science & Politics
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Patient Education and Counseling
Health Affairs
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Patient Education and Counseling
Social Science & Medicine
American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Annals of Internal Medicine
Quality of Life Research
Quality of Life Research
Journal of Medical Ethics
Psychology and Aging
American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
American Journal of Public Health
Annals of Internal Medicine
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Telemedicine Journal and E Health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Health Services Research
Psychological Science
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Nature
Journal of Medical Ethics
Annals of Internal Medicine
Patient Education and Counseling
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Patient Education and Counseling
Gastroenterology
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
American Journal of Public Health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
The Journal of Legal Studies
Transplantation
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Journal of Health Communication
Journal of Public Economics
Health Economics, Policy, and Law
Disability and Rehabilitation
Patient Education and Counseling
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Journal of Palliative Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
American Journal of Health Behavior
Journal of Research in Personality
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
The Hastings Center Report
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Patient Education and Counseling
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
Judgment and Decision Making
Transplantation
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Journal of Happiness Studies
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Quality of Life Research
Judgment and Decision Making
Judgment and Decision Making
Judgment and Decision Making
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Population Health Metrics
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Care
Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Psychological Science
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Social Science & Medicine
Health Economics
Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied
Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Patient Education and Counseling
Journal of Experimental Psychology. General
The Virtual Mentor : Vm
Albany Law Review
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Journal of Urology
Archives of Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
The Virtual Mentor : Vm
The American Journal of Bioethics : Ajob
Journal of General Internal Medicine
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Quality of Life Research
Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Lancet (London, England)
Archives of Internal Medicine
The Journal of Rheumatology
American Journal of Managed Care
Social Science & Medicine
Health Economics
Annals of Internal Medicine
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
The Journal of Hand Surgery
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
The New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The New England Journal of Medicine
Preventive Medicine
The Journal of Pediatrics
Archives of Internal Medicine
Archives of Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Annals of Internal Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Healthcarepapers
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Annals of Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Archives of Internal Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
Medical Care
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Healthcarepapers
Archives of Internal Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Health Affairs
Archives of Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Archives of Internal Medicine
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Health Economics
The Journal of Clinical Ethics
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
The Sciences
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Social Science & Medicine
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Journal of General Internal Medicine
The Hastings Center Report
The New England Journal of Medicine
Health Economics
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
The New England Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Medicine
Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Delaware Medical Journal
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Archives of Internal Medicine
Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The American Journal of Medicine
Journal of Investigative Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Archives of Internal Medicine
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Mlo: Medical Laboratory Observer
The New England Journal of Medicine
Liver Transplantation and Surgery : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Social Science & Medicine
Archives of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
The Journal of Clinical Ethics
American Journal of Managed Care
The New England Journal of Medicine
Transplantation Proceedings
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
The American Journal of Medicine
Archives of Internal Medicine
Archives of Internal Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine
Social Science & Medicine
Medical Decision Making : an International Journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Health Policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Archives of Internal Medicine
The American Journal of Medicine
The American Journal of Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
The Journal of Clinical Ethics
Journal of the American Medical Association
Issues in Law & Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Leveraging Consumer Psychology for Effective Health Communications: The Obesity Challenge
Ethical Choices: Case Studies for Medical Practice Second Edition.
Conflicts of Interest: Challenges and Solutions in Business, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy.
Communication for Doctors: How to improve patient care and minimize legal risks
The Social Economics of Healthcare
Decision Making in Health Care
Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook
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