Objective Shared decision making (SDM), an integrative patient-provider communication
process emphasizing discussion of scientific evidence and patient/family values, may …

Aim The concept of shared decision‐making is poorly defined and often used
interchangeably with related terms. The aim of this study was to delineate and clarify the …

Objective: Unexplained medical terminology impedes clinician/parent communication. We
describe jargon use in a pediatric surgical setting. Methods: We evaluated encounters …

Objectives/Hypothesis To date, there has been little research on shared decision making
and decisional outcomes in pediatric surgery. The objectives of this study were to describe …

Background There is an increased desire among patients and families to be involved in the
surgical decision-making process. A surgeon's ability to provide patients and families with …

Today, technological implants are being developed to increase innate human capacities,
such as memory or calculation speed, and to endow us with new ones, such as the remote …

Aims and objectives To understand parents' experiences of managing their child's
postoperative pain at home. Background Recent changes in children's health care services …

Importance Shared decision making is a process in which clinicians and patients make
health care decisions in a collaborative manner using the most up-to-date evidence, while …

Background/purpose Parental decisional conflict and decisional regret are aspects in
parental adjustment to childhood elective surgery. This study assessed correlates of …

Objectives To determine if shared decision‐making tools (SDMTs) improve clinical
outcomes for these children. Shared decision making (SDM) is a collaborative process in …