On the Power of Data Visualization in Transforming Patient Decision-Making

Diogo Nogueira; Célia Azevedo Soares

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On the Power of Data Visualization in Transforming Patient Decision-Making

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Diogo Nogueira Medical Genetics Department. Centro de Genética Médica Dr. Jacinto Magalhães. Unidade Local de Saúde Santo António. Porto; Genetic Counseling Program. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto. Porto.
Célia Azevedo Soares Medical Genetics Department. Centro de Genética Médica Dr. Jacinto Magalhães. Unidade Local de Saúde Santo António. Porto; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto. Porto; Medical Sciences Department. Universidade de Aveiro. Aveiro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-0091

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.21904

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Comprehension, Genetic Counseling, Patient Participation Relations

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2024-10-16

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Nogueira D, Azevedo Soares C. On the Power of Data Visualization in Transforming Patient Decision-Making. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2024 Oct. 16 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];37(12):883-4. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/21904

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Vol. 37 No. 12 (2024): December

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