Applying decision analysis to facilitate informed decision making about prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome: a randomised controlled trial

To evaluate decision analysis as a technique to facilitate women's decision‐making about prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome using measures of effective decision‐making.

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