Patient decision aids are tools that help patients, care-givers and families become involved in decision making around difficult health care issues. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, the advice given by a health care practitioner.
Got It, Hide thisThis patient decision aid helps parents of new patients with hemophilia decide the factor VIII concentrate by outlining the two options (plasma-derived, and recombinant) and comparing the benefits and risks of both options.
Hemophilia, plasma-derived clotting factor, recombinant clotting factor
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Rated on: 5/30/2018 11:19:23 AM
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