Sharing information, sharing responsibility: helping health care consumers make informed decisions.
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- p. 3-7
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the need to provide access to information to support informed medical decision-making and to describe a working model for delivering such information. We report the findings on the users of an independent health information service (n = 1083), including: who uses this type of service; the types of information requested; and, the benefits for individuals and health care organizations.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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