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. 2020 May;66(5):327-331.

To share or not to share: When is shared decision making the best option?

Guylène Thériault  1 , Roland Grad  2 , James A Dickinson  3 , Pascale Breault  4 , Harminder Singh  5 , Neil R Bell  6 , Olga Szafran  7
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To share or not to share: When is shared decision making the best option?

Guylène Thériault et al. Can Fam Physician. 2020 May.
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Figure 1.
Three-step model of shared decision making Data from Elwyn et al.
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Determining if SDM is the right approach: Tables 1 and 2 offer examples. SDM—shared decision making.
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Figure 3.
Approach for when patients’ requests seem unreasonable Inspired by a tool in progress from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Used with permission.
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Comment in

  • Equipoise is preference sensitive.
    Franco JVA, Riganti P, Ruiz Yanzi MV, Kopitowski K. Franco JVA, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2020 Aug;66(8):551-552. Can Fam Physician. 2020. PMID: 32817021 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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