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Ensuring Informed Decision-Making for Cancer Screening

Stephen H. Bradley, Matthew J. Thompson and Brian D. Nicholson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 435-438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200353
Stephen H. Bradley
From the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK (SHB); Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (MJT); Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK (BDN).
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Matthew J. Thompson
From the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK (SHB); Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (MJT); Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, UK (BDN).
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Brian D. Nicholson
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