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Below you will find samples of our most recent acquisitions in Special Populations, grouped by resource type.
Shared Decision-Making® Program Research
View all results of this resource type in Special Populations.Using Decision Aids in Community-Based Primary Care: A Theory-driven Evaluation with Ethically Diverse Patients
September 3, 2008
Frosch DL, Légaré F, Mangione C. Using decision aids in community-based primary care: A theory-driven evaluation with ethnically diverse patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2008;73(3):490-6. Read the abstract. Continue reading
Featured Shared Decision Making Publications
View all results of this resource type in Special Populations.A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Using Structured Information and Analysis of Women's Preferences in the Management of Menorrhagia
May 14, 2012
Objectives To develop decision aids to provide evidence-based information and formal preference elicitation for women with menorrhagia; and to evaluate their effects on patient outcomes, patient management and cost effectiveness.… Continue reading
Informed Medical Decisions Foundation Funded Research
View all results of this resource type in Special Populations.Understanding the Experience of Early Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment among Jordanian Women
September 30, 2010
To understand the experience of being diagnosed with and undergoing surgical treatment for early stage breast cancer among Jordanian women. Study specific aims are to: 1) gain an understanding of women’s knowledge of breast cancer treatment and how their treatment awareness has been informed; 2) explore women’s awareness of their right to be informed and involved in their own medical care; 3) explore women’s preferences for involvement; and 4) identify the extent to which these women perceived that they had surgical treatment options.… Continue reading
Video Images of Disease for Ethical Outcomes: The VIDEO STUDY
January 31, 2010
In previous work, the Principal Investigator successfully demonstrated that a video of the goals of care in advanced cancer improved understanding and decision making in a small group of patients with advanced brain cancer. The video presents end-of-life options within the framework of the patient’s primary goals of care (i.e., life prolongation, maintenance of function, or comfort care). Building on this earlier work, the main goal of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of the video decision support tool (vs. a verbal narrative) to test the hypothesis that the video improves the decision-making process among persons with advanced cancer. … Continue reading
