DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.27395 ISSN: 2574-3805
Medical Maximizing Tendencies and Acceptance of Life Expectancy–Based Cancer Screening
Laura E. Brotzman, Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Preeti N. Malani, Erica S. Solway, Matthias A. Kirch, Dianne C. Singer, J. Scott Roberts, Brian J. Zikmund-FisherThis survey study evaluates how individuals who prefer to receive additionl health tests even when those tests may have limited value or cause harm (ie, medical maximizers), would respond to their clinicians’ suggestion to not undergo cancer screening on the basis of limited life expectancy.