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The verbal or written disclosure of risk information is dependent upon the health professional. However, the patient cannot be totally passive. To be successfully communicated, not only does risk information need to be disclosed, but it needs to be attended, understood, integrated, remembered, and ultimately put to proper use when decisions are made and behaviors undertaken. Even if emphasized by a physician, the patient must be able to fully process risk information for it to be of value.
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Morris, L.A. (1990). Patient Information Processing. In: Communicating Therapeutic Risks. Recent Research in Psychology Applied Behavioral Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3354-1_4
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