Patients' understanding of risk

Editorial

Hazel Thornton. BMJ. 2003.

. 2003 Sep 27;327(7417):693-4.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.693.

No abstract available

Comment in

Communicating risk: we as doctors are not alone.
Daniels TW. Daniels TW. BMJ. 2003 Dec 13;327(7428):1403. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7428.1403. BMJ. 2003. PMID: 14670897 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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