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Decision Aids: Do They Work?

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Decision Aids (DAs) are educational tools designed to help patients make better decisions about their health that reflect their personal health history, circumstances, values, goals and preferences.

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Col, N.F., Springmann, V. (2016). Decision Aids: Do They Work?. In: Diefenbach, M., Miller-Halegoua, S., Bowen, D. (eds) Handbook of Health Decision Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3486-7_20

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