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. 2016 Nov 30;150(1):19-23.
doi: 10.1177/1715163516679425. eCollection 2017 Jan-Feb.

Should I continue taking my acid reflux medication? Design of a pilot before/after study evaluating a patient decision aid

Wade Thompson  1 , Barbara Farrell  1 , Vivian Welch  1 , Peter Tugwell  1 , Lise M Bjerre  1
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Should I continue taking my acid reflux medication? Design of a pilot before/after study evaluating a patient decision aid

Wade Thompson et al. Can Pharm J (Ott). .
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Declaration of Conflicting Interests:All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf and declare no support from any organization for the submitted work. W. Thompson reports an MSc stipend from the Government of Ontario; L. M. Bjerre reports personal fees and nonfinancial support from Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, nonfinancial support from Bruyère Research Institute, grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, grants from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care of Ontario, outside the submitted work; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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