What information do patients need to make a medical decision?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 11-13

  Halvorsen, Peder A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 77957605884     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X10381349     Document Type: Article

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