How to communicate evidence to patients.
How to communicate evidence to patients.
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10.1136/dtb.2019.000008
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2019-08-01
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Freeman, Alexandra L J
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Freeman, Alexandra L J
Introduction all medical treatments have potential harms as well as benefits, and it is vital that everyone has a good understanding of what these might be, how dramatic they might be and how likely. in fact, in the uK, the Montgomery judgement in the supreme court in 2015 (see Box 1) has made it a legal necessity for patients to be given comprehensible, personally relevant information about all reasonable treatment options, including none. 1 so, how should we ensure good, clear communication of relevant evidence? This article therefore reviews what is known about how doctors can best communicate evidence so that patients can make informed decisions based on them, as the Montgomery Judgement demands. At first glance, it might seem that this should be a relatively simple question to answer, but there are a couple of big underlying problems.