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Understanding and communicating risk

Measures of outcome and the magnitude of benefits and harms

Neil R. Bell, James A. Dickinson, Roland Grad, Harminder Singh, Danielle Kasperavicius and Brett D. Thombs
Canadian Family Physician March 2018; 64 (3) 181-185;
Neil R. Bell
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
MD SM CCFP FCFP
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James A. Dickinson
Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
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Roland Grad
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University and Senior Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute in Montreal, Que.
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Harminder Singh
Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and the Department of Hematology and Oncology for CancerCare Manitoba.
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Danielle Kasperavicius
Research Coordinator for the Knowledge Translation Program at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ont.
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Brett D. Thombs
Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University and Chair of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
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vol. 64 no. 3 181-185
PubMed 
29540382

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
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  • Published online March 14, 2018.

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  1. Neil R. Bell, MD SM CCFP FCFP⇑
  1. Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Neil R. Bell; e-mail nrbell{at}telusplanet.net
  1. James A. Dickinson, MB BS PhD CCFP FRACGP
  1. Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
  1. Roland Grad, MD CM MSc CCFP FCFP
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University and Senior Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute in Montreal, Que.
  1. Harminder Singh, MD MPH FRCPC
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and the Department of Hematology and Oncology for CancerCare Manitoba.
  1. Danielle Kasperavicius, MPH
  1. Research Coordinator for the Knowledge Translation Program at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ont.
  1. Brett D. Thombs, PhD
  1. Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University and Chair of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
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