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Smart health choice essentials
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The following is an extract from Chapter 5 of the book Smart Health Choices aimed at helping consumers take an evidence-based approach to decisions. But we think the 5 questions outlined here are a useful guide for clinicians also. More information about the book is given at the end of this article.
If you remember only the 5 questions discussed in this chapter when you finish this book, its purpose will have been fulfilled. Keep them in mind and refer back to them as you read the rest of this book. They form the basic toolkit that will help you put into practice many of the things that we suggest.
1. What will happen if I wait and watch?
2. What are my test or treatment options?
3. What are the benefits and harms of these options?
4. How do the benefits and harms weigh up for me?
5. Do
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