Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol.

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Published in Implement Sci on July 23, 2008

Authors

Jamie C Brehaut1, Alison Lott, Dean A Fergusson, Kaveh G Shojania, Jonathan Kimmelman, Raphael Saginur

Author Affiliations

1: Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada. jbrehaut@ohri.ca

Associated clinical trials:

Health Literacy Intervention for Informed Consent of Cancer Patients Considering Clinical Trial Participation | NCT01964222

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