Patient Decision Aids for Discouraging Low-Value Health Care Procedures: Null Findings and Lessons Learned.

JAMA Intern Med

Department of Advertising and Public Relations, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing.

Published: January 2016

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