title: Sharing information, sharing responsibility: helping health care consumers make informed decisions.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the need to provide access to information to support informed medical decision-making and to describe a working model for delivering such information. We report the findings on the users of an independent health information service (n = 1083), including: who uses this type of service; the types of information requested; and, the benefits for individuals and health care organizations.
authors.affiliation: HRI, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Tuchfeld
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States