Decision aid use during post ‐biopsy consultations for localized prostate cancer

ConclusionsResults show that good decision aids, systematically provided to patients, appeared to function not to open up deliberations about how to balance benefits and harms of competing treatments, but rather to allow patients to ask narrow technical questions about recommended treatments.

Source: Health Expectations - September 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Margaret Holmes ‐Rovner, Akshay Srikanth, Stephen G. Henry, Aisha Langford, David R. Rovner, Angela Fagerlin Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER Source Type: research