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Commemorating a Career Dedicated to Shared Decision Making in Breast Cancer Care
In 1960, Harriet Gudenburr embarked on a nursing career that would span more than five decades and would touch the lives of hundreds of patients. In September 2011, Harriet retired from her position at Allegheny General Hospital where she had established the Informed Decision Making program at the hospital's Breast Care Center. In partnership with the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, Harriet and her team ensured patients were provided shared decision making (SDM) opportunities on their breast cancer journey. Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, health care providers, informed decisions, patients, shared decision making
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Highlights from Our Shared Decision Making Demonstration Site Reunion
This June, members of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation learning collaborative of shared decision making (SDM) demonstration sites gathered in Boston to meet and share their successes and challenges in implementation. The collaborative, which was formed three years ago, represents a diverse community of both large academic medical centers and private practices throughout the country who are implementing SDM into routine practice using our Shared Decision-Making® program decision aids. Continue reading
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View all results of this resource type.Making Shared Decision-Making A Reality
This short book outlines the importance of strong communication skills and illustrates how health care providers might using shared decision making in their consultations with patients. Inspired by Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley's phrase "nothing about me, without me," the authors aim to expand on the meaning of Lansley's vision. The authors define the term "shared decision making", provide examples of skills necessary to implement this process and outline actions necessary to make this vision a reality. Continue reading
Patients' Views of the Good Doctor
Most doctors are good doctors in the eyes of most patients. Despite the media's fixation with medical errors and damaged patients, doctors come high in popularity stakes in almost any poll, compared with other professions or trades. Furthermore, familiarity tends to breed contentment, not contempt. Patients who have recent experience of medical care tend to give higher, less critical ratings than patients who experience is less current. The medical profession does, however, attract criticism from patients -- sometimes deservedly so. Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Coulter, BMJ, doctors, health care providers, medical decisions, patients
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View all results of this resource type.[New York Times Well Blog] Do Patients Want More Care or Less?
"See a trend here? So does Dr. Michael Barry, president of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, a nonprofit group that promotes sound medical thinking. 'People are more receptive to conversations about medical interventions having both pros and cons,' says Dr. Barry. 'Traditionally, newer and more aggressive interventions were often assumed to be better.' But there are hints of a shift, he says: 'When patients are fully informed, they tend to be more conservative.'"Read the blog post.
