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Strategies to help patients understand risks
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Explaining risks to patients in an effective way is an essential part of ensuring that consent is “informed.” A consultant in risk communication discusses the strategies that can help doctors to communicate risks clearly, and thereby also build closer relationships with their patients
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Metadata
- Authors
- Paling, J.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-09-25
- Volume
- 327
- Issue
- 7417
- Pages
- 745-748
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2048653279
- Cited by
- 552
- References
- 15
- FWCI
- 43.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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