The extent of patients' understanding of the risk of treatments

Quality in Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Lloyd, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Informed choice; Patient preference; Patient caregiver communication; Risk

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034842689     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.0100014..     Document Type: Review

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