Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , February 2010

Developing a dyadic OPTION scale to measure perceptions of shared decision making

Received 8 January 2009 ,Revised 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.009

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , February 2010

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