Adams JR, Elwyn G, Légaré F, Frosch DL., Arch Intern Med. 2012 Aug 13;172(15):1184-6. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2360., 2012 Aug 13
Investigators
Dominick L. Frosch, Ph.D., Director, PAMFRI
Abstract
Effective patient-physician communication is essential for shared decision making, considered by some to be the “pinnacle” of patient-centered care. Many health care decisions have multiple options and no correct choice. These are called preference-sensitive decisions, and the optimal decision is one that takes into account patient preferences and values in a collaborative process with the physician, known as shared decision making.We sought to describe patients’ intentions to engage in shared decision making communication behaviors in response to a hypothetical preference-sensitive clinical scenario and to examine the effects of underlying patient beliefs on these behaviors.