In October 2014, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care sponsored visits by two international experts in shared decision making, to explore what we can learn from overseas experience in this area. Professors Richard Thomson (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and Dawn ...
The principles of shared decision making are well documented but there is a lack of guidance about how to accomplish the approach in routine clinical pract
Shared decision-making (SDM) is a hallmark of patient-centred care that uses informed consent to help guide patients with making complex health-care decisions. In SDM, patients and providers work together to determine the best course of action based on b
Shared decision-making is playing an increasingly large role in emergency cardiovascular care. Although there are many challenges to successfully performing shared decision-making in the emergency department, there are numerous clinical scenarios in which it should be used. In this article, we explore ...
Shared decision making is a complex topic in and of itself—and worthy of its own text; a few basic definitions are in order. For our purposes here, decision making is the process of choosing between alternatives, which may include doing nothing. Competent decision makers need to understand an...
Shared decision-making refers to a process of health care delivery in which practitioners and clients seeking help for problems or disorders collaborate to
Open Access Journal of Contraception Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research Open Access Full Text Article REVIEW Shared Decision-Making: The Way Forward for Postpartum Contraceptive Counseling Brooke W Bullington1,2, Asha Sata3, Kavita Shah Arora 3 1Department of Epidemiology, ...
Shared decision-making balances the need to respect patients' values and autonomy with the drive towards evidence-based medicine and clinical cost-effectiveness. Although ways of achieving such a balance are much discussed, the current need is for research which can identify effective strategies that ...
This article reports on findings from seven stakeholder focus groups conducted in exploring shared decision making (SDM) between provider and consumer in mental health (MH) treatment in public MH. Seven focus groups were conducted with stakeholders—consumers, family members, prescribers, MH clinicians...
When there are several treatment options, the trend for doctors to discuss all options with their patients and for the patient to share in the decision-making can improve patient satisfaction and result in value care. But such an approach is "only sometimes useful" when it comes to surgery, ...