“See a trend here? So does Dr. Michael Barry, president of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, a nonprofit group that promotes sound medical thinking. ‘People are more receptive to conversations about medical interventions having both pros and cons,’ says Dr. Barry. ‘Traditionally, newer and more aggressive interventions were often assumed to be better.’ But there are hints of a shift, he says: ‘When patients are fully informed, they tend to be more conservative.’”
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