Instanz: TeilenTeilen:One in 1,000 Dies: Communicating Medical NumbersDr. Dirk Frank Public Relations und KommunikationGoethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main29.01.2026 17:54The Collaborative Research Center “Treatment Expectation” focuses on risks, chances of recovery, and side-effect rates in patient education. One of the CRC’s central research questions is how healthcare providers can strengthen placebo effects and avoid nocebo effects through medical communication. What the U.S. professor did not address in his JAMA article are so-called framing effects. The RecommendationNumbers are a central component of medical communication, but they should be chosen carefully with regard to framing effects. The aim of this interdisciplinary collaboration is to understand the complex mechanisms of expectation effects – from the molecular to the systemic level – using state-of-the-art scientific methods.