Patients are often faced with difficult healthcare decisions, particularly when choosing treatment options for a medical condition. Historically, physicians made treatment decisions for patients.

See related article at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.230776 and www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.231712 Clinicians, patients and their families often have ...

Shared decision-making tools can clarify the implications of different treatments. Clinicians thought early introduction of the tools was beneficial and helped in reaching treatment decisions. They ...

Background: Few interventions have proven effective in reducing the overuse of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections. We evaluated the effect of DECISION+2, a shared decision-making training ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH: Hello. My name is Liana Fraenkel, and I'm joined today by my good friend and colleague, Jennifer Barton, to discuss on this Care ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients want to have conversations about costs of care. Fewer than 15% of patients report having these ...

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, ...