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. 2005 Feb;2(2):e42.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020042. Epub 2005 Feb 22.

Communicating with patients about harms and risks

Andrew Herxheimer  1
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Communicating with patients about harms and risks

Andrew Herxheimer. PLoS Med. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

Health professionals, says Herxheimer, must share their understanding of the benefits and harms of any treatment with patients and their families

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Competing Interests: The author declares that he has no competing interests.

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Health professionals need to share their understanding of harms and benefits with patients and their families
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Comment in

  • Medical decision making: the family-doctor-patient triad.
    Aslam F, Aftab O, Janjua NZ. Aslam F, et al. PLoS Med. 2005 Jun;2(6):e129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020129. Epub 2005 Jun 28. PLoS Med. 2005. PMID: 15971934 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Tamoxifen and the singing voice.
    Herxheimer A. Herxheimer A. PLoS Med. 2005 Sep;2(9):e310. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020310. Epub 2005 Sep 27. PLoS Med. 2005. PMID: 16173841 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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