Choosing treatments and the role of shared decision-making
France Légaré, Martin Härter, Anne M. Stiggelbout, Richard Thomson, Dawn Stacey
Abstract
In 2015 people in OECD countries consulted a medical practitioner between two and sixteen times (OECD, 2015). These care-seekers were once expected to go along with whatever the doctor decided was best, but this has been slowly changing since the 1970s. As highlighted in Chapter 2 of this book, growing awareness of the limits of medical interventions and of the lack of control over decisions about one's own care (Illich, 1975) led to calls for equality between the patient and the health professional towards establishing a partnership for making decisions and determining the direction of care.
Topics & Concepts
General partnershipPsychological interventionHealth careControl (management)Public relationsSeekersMedical careMedical decision makingPsychologyPolitical scienceNursingMedicineFamily medicineManagementLawEconomicsPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues