Background Shared decision making (SDM) is a process by which a healthcare choice is
made by the patient, significant others, or both with one or more healthcare professionals …

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 …

Uncertainty is inherent to our knowledge about the state of the world yet often not
communicated alongside scientific facts and numbers. In the “posttruth” era where facts are …

Objective Shared decision-making (SDM) is advocated as the model for decision-making in
preference-sensitive decisions. In this paper we sketch the history of the concept of SDM …

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Importance Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among US women.
Mammography screening may be associated with reduced breast cancer mortality but can …

Mounting evidence implicates health behaviors (eg, nutrition, physical activity, tobacco
abstinence) in various health outcomes. As the science of behavior change has emerged …

Shared decision-making is increasingly embraced in health care and recommended in
cardiovascular guidelines. Patient involvement in health care decisions, patient-clinician …

OBJECTIVE: Although prior research indicates that features of clinician–patient
communication can predict health outcomes weeks and months after the consultation, the …

Effectively engaging patients in their care is essential to improve health outcomes, improve
satisfaction with the care experience, reduce costs, and even benefit the clinician …