Background Although many researchers have examined patient involvement and patient-
provider interactions within specific clinical environments, no nationally representative data …

Background Patient involvement is required before patients' preferences can be reflected in
the medical care they receive. Furthermore, patients are a vital link between physicians' …

Importance Informing and involving patients in their medical decisions is increasingly
becoming a standard for good medical care, particularly for primary care physicians …

Background Both patients and surrogate decision-makers experience decisional conflict
when making a major medical treatment decision with life or death implications. The …

Background To make informed decisions, patients must have adequate knowledge of key
decision-relevant facts. Objective To determine adults' knowledge about information relevant …

Background: Studies indicate that better patient compliance and higher patient satisfaction
result when agreement exists between the physician and the patient regarding the medical …

Classifying patients as “active” or “passive” with regard to healthcare decision making is
misleading, since patients have different desires for different components of the decision …

Background Shared decision-making has been advocated; however there are relatively few
studies on physician preferences for, and experiences of, different styles of clinical decision …

With continuous advances in medicine, patients are faced with several medical or surgical
treatment options for their health conditions. Decision aids may be useful in helping patients …

Choices of health care providers can become inconsistent when people lack sufficient
context to assess the value of available information. In a series of surveys, general …