新作坊 Humanity Innovation and Social Practice

Shared Decision Making — The Pinnacle of Patient-Centered Care

摘要：

Nothing about me without me. — Valerie Billingham, Through the Patient's Eyes, Salzburg Seminar Session 356, 1998 Caring and compassion were once often the only “treatment” available to clinicians. Over time, advances in medical science have provided new options that, although often improving outcomes, have inadvertently distanced physicians from their patients. The result is a health care environment in which patients and their families are often excluded from important discussions and left feeling in the dark about how their problems are being managed and how to navigate the overwhelming array of diagnostic and treatment options available to them.[...]