Importance Family and other unpaid care partners may bridge accessibility challenges in
interacting with the patient portal, but the extent and nature of this involvement is not well …

Background The decision partner concept emerged to describe someone who contributes to
healthcare decision-making with a patient. There is a need for greater precision and …

Issues of disclosure and privacy management are important to the development and
maintenance of interpersonal relationships. We discuss communication privacy …

Importance Family and unpaid caregivers often play an active role in managing the care of
older adults with activity limitations. Objective To examine caregivers' experiences with older …

Objective Cognitive impairment poses communication challenges in primary care. Although
family “companions” commonly attend primary care visits of older adults with cognitive …

Street's ecological model has shaped the research-examining communication during
medical encounters for over a decade. Although the model accounts for the variety of …

End-of-life (EOL) decisions in families are complex and emotional sites of family interaction
necessitating family members coordinate roles in the EOL decision-making process. How …

We sought to understand the comprehensiveness of consumer-oriented information
describing the availability of shared access to adult patient portals from publicly reported …

When patients are incapacitated and face serious illness, family members must make
medical decisions for the patient. Medical decision sciences give only modest attention to …

Despite the important role that family caregivers play managing the care of persons with
complex health needs, little is known about how caregivers perceive themselves to be …