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. 2017 Oct 30:39:e2017048.
doi: 10.4178/epih.e2017048. eCollection 2017.

Shared decision making: relevant concepts and facilitating strategies

Jong-Myon Bae  1
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Shared decision making: relevant concepts and facilitating strategies

Jong-Myon Bae. Epidemiol Health. .

Abstract

As the paradigm in healthcare nowadays is the evidence-based, patient-centered decision making, the issue of shared decision making (SDM) is highlighted. The aims of this manuscript were to look at the relevant concepts and suggest the facilitating strategies for overcoming barriers of conducting SDM. While the definitions of SDM were discordant, several concepts such as good communication, individual autonomy, patient participants, and patient-centered decision-making were involved. Further, the facilitating strategies of SDM were to educate and train physician, to apply clinical practice guidelines and patient decision aids, to develop valid measurement tools for evaluation of SDM processes, and to investigate the impact of SDM.

Keywords: Decision making; Evidence based medicine; Health policy; Patient participation; Personal autonomy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has no conflicts of interest to declare for this study.

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