How can prognostication facilitate shared decision making?
Most patients want to hear prognostic information.
Knowing their prognosis may help patients make decisions that are consistent with their values and preferences and be more engaged in their care, not just with nephrology providers, but with their family and/or surrogate decision makers.
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