The roulette wheel: an aid to informed decision making.

PLoS Med

Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Published: June 2006

The authors outline a new visual tool that can help patients assess the benefits and risks of different treatments.

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