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Original Title:

 

Managing uncertainty: refining shared-decision making to reduce overuse

 

Authors:

 

Edward R. Melnick, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT, USA

 

R. Andrew Taylor, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT, USA

 

Ilse R. Wiechers, MD, MPP

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program

Yale School of Medicine & U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

New Haven, CT, USA

 

Acknowledgment of grants / Financial support: The authors have no commercial associations that might pose a conflict of interest. Dr. Melnick is supported in part by grant number K08HS021271 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

 

Corresponding Author:

Edward R. Melnick, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine

Yale School of Medicine