Decision Aids for Patients Facing Health Treatment or Screening Decisions

Kento Sonoda, MD, AAHIVS

Jiti Uppugunduri, DO

American Family Physician. 2024;110(3):234A-234B.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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This series is coordinated by Christopher W. Bunt, MD, AFP assistant medical editor, and the NNT Group.

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