OBJECTIVES: Empirical literature on patient decision role preferences regarding treatment
and screening was reviewed to summarize patients' role preferences across measures, time …

Introduction Best–worst scaling (BWS) is becoming increasingly popular to elicit preferences
in health care. However, little is known about current practice and trends in the use of BWS …

Background Clinical trials that study cancer are essential for testing the safety and
effectiveness of promising treatments, but most people with cancer never enroll in a clinical …

Background Many suggest that shared decision-making (SDM) is the most effective
approach to clinical counseling. It is unclear if this applies to surgical decision-making …

Background Multiple treatment options are generally available for most diseases. Shared
decision-making (SDM) helps patients and physicians choose the treatment option that best …

OBJECTIVE: A comprehensive review was conducted of the theoretical and empirical work
that addresses the preference-match strategy in physician–patient communication …

Importance Shared decision making helps patients and clinicians elect therapies aligned
with patients' values and preferences. This is particularly important for invasive therapies …

The preferred and actual participation roles during decision making have been studied over
the past two decades; however, there is a lack of evidence on the degree of match between …

Background Patients have been increasingly seeking and using Internet health information
to become more active in managing their own health in a partnership with their physicians …

Purpose Shared decision making is a tenet of contemporary medicine and oncology
practice. How involved elderly patients want to be in making treatment decisions and how …