Thirty-five years ago, when I was a medical student, we were taught to be paternalistic. We were trained to withhold information from patients, especially painful information about a potentially ...

Kelly Grosklags discusses how oncologists can guide patients in shared decision-making while managing expectations following a breast cancer diagnosis. At the 42nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer ...

In an era marked by unprecedented access to information, patients are increasingly more informed than ever before. This shift is transforming the dynamic between patients and healthcare professionals ...

Harold "Hal" Burstein, MD, PhD, emphasizes the crucial role of strong patient-physician partnerships in breast cancer treatment, empowering patients through shared decision-making. In an interview ...

Many seriously ill patients receive much of their care at home from one or more family members. However, shared decision making (SDM)—the collaborative process whereby clinicians and patients work ...

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Listen to ASCO’s JCO Oncology Practice Art of Oncology article, "No Versus Know: Patient Empowerment Through Shared Decision Making” by Dr. Beatrice Preti, who is an Assistant Professor at Emory ...

The Shared Decision Making (SDM) in British Columbia Project was a multi-year independent research initiative housed at Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue. This collaborative project ...

Shared decision-making in healthcare, in which patients and providers share information and jointly make decisions based on the individual needs of the patient, requires a significant investment, ...