Improving Physician Communication About Treatment Decisions
Daniel J. Morgan, Laura D. Scherer, Deborah Korenstein
Abstract
This Viewpoint emphasizes the importance of precise language to help patients make evidence-informed decisions in shared decision-making, and argues that references to “chances of harms and benefits” will be more understandable to patients than discussions of “probabilities of risks and benefits.”
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