Shared Decision Making – Ask 3 Questions

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Ask 3 Questions is the patient focused part of the national Shared Decision Making programme. Research shows that encouraging patients to ask three simple questions leads clinicians to provide higher quality information about options and their benefits and harms.

Ask 3 Questions has been adapted with kind permission from the MAGIC programme, supported by the Health Foundation. Ask 3 Questions is based on Shepherd HL, et al. Three questions that patients can ask to improve the quality of information physicians give about treatment options: A cross-over trial. Patient Education and Counselling, 2011;84: 379-85.

Download the Ask 3 Questions poster

Download the Ask 3 Questions leaflet

Download the Ask 3 Questions Banner

Download the Ask 3 Questions Postcard 

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