Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages e24-e27 , August 2011

A usability study of a computerized decision aid to help patients with, early stage papillary thyroid carcinoma in, decision-making on adjuvant radioactive iodine treatment

  • Anna M. Sawka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada M5G 2C4
    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 12 EN-212, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4. Tel.: +1 416 340 3678; fax: +1 416 340 3314.
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  • Sharon Straus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Amiram Gafni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada
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  • Soumia Meiyappan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada M5G 2C4
    • ,
  • Mary Ann O’Brien

      Affiliations

    • School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Canada
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  • James D. Brierley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Richard W. Tsang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Lorne Rotstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Lehana Thabane

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada
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  • Gary Rodin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Canada
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  • Susan R. George

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University Health Network – Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada M5G 2C4
    • Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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  • David P. Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Canada

Received 9 January 2010 ,Revised 17 July 2010 ,Accepted 25 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.038

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