A systematic review of information in decision aids

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-61

  Feldman Stewart, Deb ^a,b   Brennenstuhl, Sarah ^a   McIssac, Kathryn ^a   Austoker, Joan ^c   Charvet, Agathe ^d   Hewitson, Paul ^c   Sepucha, Karen R ^e   Whelan, Tim ^f  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision aids; Patient support techniques; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 33847242633     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2006.00420.x     Document Type: Review

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