Barriers and facilitators to implementing shared decision-making in clinical practice: a systematic review of health professionals' perceptions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shared decision-making is advocated because of its potential to improve the quality of the decision-making process for patients and ultimately, patient outcomes. However, current evidence suggests that shared decision-making has not yet been widely adopted by health professionals. Therefore, a systematic review was performed on the barriers and facilitators to implementing shared decision-making in clinical practice as perceived by health professionals.

Methods

Covering the period from 1990 to March 2006, PubMed, Embase, CINHAL, PsycINFO, and Dissertation Abstracts were searched for studies in English or French. The references from included studies also were consulted. Studies were included if they reported on health professionals' perceived barriers and facilitat

SUBMITTER: Gravel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1586024 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature