Validation of a Decisional Conflict Scale

@article{OConnor1995ValidationOA,
  title={Validation of a Decisional Conflict Scale},
  author={Annette M. O'Connor},
  journal={Medical Decision Making},
  year={1995},
  volume={15},
  pages={25 - 30},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:25014537}
}
The psychometric properties of a decisional conflict scale (DCS) that elicits health-care consumers' uncertainty in making a health-related decision and the factors contributing to the uncertainty are acceptable.
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