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CECCR2 - Promoting Shared Decision Making through a Tailored Decision Aid

PI: Peter Ubel, MD and Angela Fagerlin, PhD
affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School
topic:

prostate cancer, decision aid, decision making, risk information, numeracy, preference, treatment
medium: print, face-to-face
audience: prostate biospy patients
grant: Michigan Center for Health Communications Research II
sponsor: National Cancer Institute
number: P50 CA101451-06 - Project 3
dates: 2008-09-01 - 2013-08-31

The goal of this project is to help patients with localized prostate cancer recognize the importance of their preferences in making a treatment decision, and to find ways to help patients communicate such preferences to their urologist.