Background: Despite health policy that promotes shared decision-making, it is not yet the
norm in clinical practice. We aimed to assess how much shared decision-making Canadians …

Objective This study is a preliminary exploration of the association between patient
involvement in decision-making and patient socioeconomic characteristics and experience …

Background Shared decision making has practical implications for everyday health care.
However, it stems from largely theoretical frameworks and is not widely implemented in …

Background: Shared decision making is the process in which a healthcare choice is made
jointly by the health professional and the patient. Little is known about what patients view as …

Researchers interested in shared decision-making in the US have developed a set of tools
including decision aids and instruction in counseling, to help patients and physicians fully …

Background Shared decision-making is a process that patients and healthcare providers
actively engage in. The aim of this process is for patients to have a participatory role in the …

Shared decision making enables a clinician and patient to participate jointly in making a
health decision, having discussed the options and their benefits and harms, and having …

Objective As shared decision makes increasing headway in healthcare policy, it is under
more scrutiny. We sought to identify and dispel the most prevalent myths about shared …

There is considerable debate about when, in which circumstances, and to what extent,
patients should be encouraged to participate in decisions about their care. Many advocates …

Studies investigating preferences for shared decision making (SDM) have focused on
associations with sociodemographic variables, with few investigations exploring patient …