Patients say 'no thanks' to risky medical treatments

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 05:42 in Health & Medicine

A recent study suggests that increasing patient responsibility for making medical decisions may decrease their willingness to accept risky treatment options. Details of this proof-of-concept study appear in the December issue of Arthritis Care and Research, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology...

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