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Improving Physician Communication About Treatment Decisions Reconsideration of Risks vs Benefits

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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 324, Issue 10, Pages 937-938

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AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.0354

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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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