Communicating risk to patients and the public.

What it found

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. How Inclusive Are Patient Decision Aids for People with Limited Health Literacy? An Analysis of Understandability Criteria and the Communication about Options and Probabilities.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2025
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2. Option talk and risk communication with people with limited health literacy: A qualitative focus group study with key stakeholders.PloS one · 2025
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3. European Academy of Neurology/European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium position statement on diagnostic disclosure, biomarker counseling, and management of patients with mild cognitive impairment.European journal of neurology · 2021
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4. A qualitative exploration of clinicians' strategies to communicate risks to patients in the complex reality of clinical practice.PloS one · 2020
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