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' …

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

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

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

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 …

Decision making is central to health policy and medical practice. Because health outcomes
are probabilistic, most decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty. This review …

Decision making is a crucial element in the field of medicine. Decisions made by physicians,
patients, health policy makers and health insurers determine the quality of health care that is …

Decision making is a critical element in the field of medicine that can lead to life-or-death
outcomes, yet it is an element fraught with complex and conflicting variables, diagnostic and …

Many medical decisions are “preference sensitive,” where the best choice depends on the
values a specific patient places on relevant outcomes. For example, a decision may require …

There is considerable evidence, across different clinical contexts, that treatment decisions
are characterized by poor communication, significant knowledge gaps, and a lack of …