What is a good medical decision? A research agenda guided by perspectives from multiple stakeholders.

ABSTRACT: Informed and shared decision making are critical aspects of patient-centered care, which has contributed to an emphasis on decision support interventions to promote good medical decision making. However, researchers and healthcare providers have not reached a consensus on what defines a good decision, nor how to evaluate it. This position paper, informed by conference sessions featuring diverse stakeholders held at the 2015 Society of Behavioral Medicine and Society for Medical Decision Making annual meetings, describes key concepts that influence the decision making process itself and that may change what it means to make a good decision: interpersonal factors, structural constraints, affective influences, and values clarification methods. This paper also proposes specific research questi

SUBMITTER: Hamilton JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5296255 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature