Significant progress has been made toward improving the care of older adults with cancer.
As described elsewhere in this Special Series, the evidence base in geriatric oncology has …

Objective Patient-clinician communication (PCC) may generate or reduce healthcare
disparities. This paper is based on the 2017 International Conference on Communication in …

Purpose Healthcare policies around the globe are aimed at achieving patient-centeredness.
The patient is understood as a prosumer of healthcare, wherein healthcare service co …

Applying both theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence, we address 2 key questions
regarding shared decision making (SDM): 1) When should SDM be more patient driven, and …

Health literacy has been defined as the “degree to which individuals have the capacity to
obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make …

This article is the sixth in a series of eight articles that comprise a special issue on Family-
Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and …

This article is the third in a series of eight articles that comprise this special issue on family-
centered early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families …

Shared decision‐making is appropriate for clinical decisions involving multiple reasonable
options, which occur frequently in the cardiovascular care of older adults. The process …

Shared decision-making (SDM) is the process by which the physician and the patient
collaborate to arrive at the evidence-based treatment that best aligns with the patient's …

Objective: Shared decision making (SDM) is a health communication model that may be
particularly appealing to service users with serious mental illnesses, who often want to be …