Uncertain and difficult decisions about quality of life, appropriateness of organ support, and
prognosis are routine in critical care medicine. Clinicians have to discuss with patients and …

Shared decision-making in medicine has been defined by multiple professional societies as
“a collaborative process that allows patients, or their surrogates, and clinicians to make …

The adult critical care setting requires complex clinical decisions to be made that have a
dramatic impact on the lives of patients and their families. This textbook offers evidence …

Shared decision-making is a central component of patient-centered care in the intensive
care unit. It is defined by the American College of Critical Care Medicine as “a collaborative …

As advancements in medical therapy improve survival, we are confronted with more patients
who either cannot communicate or lack decisional capacity, leaving a more common …

Shared decision-making is a central component of patient-centered care in the intensive
care unit (ICU)(1–4); however, there remains confusion about what shared decision-making …

The concept of shared decision-making—sharing the responsibility for and control over
medical decisions between clinicians and patients—has been in existence for at least 30 …

Assessing the appropriateness of continuing life support is a difficult task for intensive care
unit staff. Part of this difficulty relates to prognostic uncertainty and the varying reliability of …

Uncertainty is a familiar companion in the practice of medicine, and this lack of certainty is
abundant in endof-life care. Medical decision-making at the end of life occurs in a complex …

Objectives: Shared decision making is endorsed by critical care organizations; however,
there remains confusion about what shared decision making is, when it should be used, and …