Impact on decisions to start or continue medicines of providing information to patients about possible benefits and/or harms: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-777

  Crockett, Rachel A ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^b   Walter, Fiona M ^b   Clinch, Megan ^b   Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Benson, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision aids; dermatology; family medicine; genetics; oncology; patient decision making; qualitative methods; randomized trial methodology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 80052860626     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11400420     Document Type: Review

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