Shared Decision Making

What is shared decision making?

"[...] a collaborative process in which patients and clinicians work together to make healthcare decisions informed by evidence, the care team's knowledge and experience, and the patient's values, goals, preferences, and circumstances."

- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

What is patient-centered care?

Care in which "an individual’s specific health needs and desired health outcomes are the driving force behind all health care decisions and quality measurements."

- NEJM Catalyst

• Grad, R., Légaré, F., Bell, N. R., Dickinson, J. A., Singh, H., Moore, A. E., Kasperavicius, D., & Kretschmer, K. L. (2017). Shared decision making in preventive health care: What it is; what it is not. Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien, 63(9), 682–684.
• Lang, E., Bell, N. R., Dickinson, J. A., Grad, R., Kasperavicius, D., Moore, A. E., Singh, H., Thériault, G., Wilson, B. J., & Stacey, D. (2018). Eliciting patient values and preferences to inform shared decision making in preventive screening. Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien, 64(1), 28–31.
• Thériault, G., Grad, R., Dickinson, J. A., Breault, P., Singh, H., Bell, N. R., & Szafran, O. (2020). To share or not to share: When is shared decision making the best option? Canadian Family Physician Medecin de Famille Canadien, 66(5), 327–331.