Helping People Assess the Health Risks from Lifestyle Choices: Comparing a Computer Decision Aid with Customized Printed Alternative

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Wright, Patricia ^a   Belt, Steve ^a   John, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

decision aids; leaflets; lifestyle; patient choice; patient information; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746434570     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/come.2004.1.2.183     Document Type: Article

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