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 practice. Our aim here is to …

BACKGROUND: Involving patients in healthcare decisions makes a potentially significant
and enduring difference to healthcare outcomes. One difficulty (among many) is that the '…

Objective To systematically review patient-reported barriers and facilitators to shared decision
making (SDM) and develop a taxonomy of patient-reported barriers. Methods Systematic …

Bad presentation of medical statistics such as the risks associated with a particular intervention
can lead to patients making poor decisions on treatment. Particularly confusing are …

Objective To develop a set of quality criteria for patient decision support technologies (decision
aids). Design and setting Two stage web based Delphi process using online rating …

When the first edition of this book came out in 2001 (under the title Evidence-based Patient
Choice: Inevitable or Impossible?), it examined the emerging themes of patient choice and …

The second half of the consultation is where decisions are made and future management
agreed. We argue that this part of the clinical interaction has been 'neglected' during a time …

Methods This paper draws on systematic reviews and other key literature in the field. 2 3 4 5
6 7 We reviewed literature addressing shared decision making for communicating risks, …

Palliative care provision varies widely, and the effectiveness of palliative and hospice care
teams (PCHCT) is unproven. To determine the effect of PCHCT, 10 electronic databases (to …

Discussing risks and benefits of treatments or care options is becoming an increas ingly
important part of modern health care. This paper reviews the literature about manipulations of …