Key concepts relevant to quality of complex and shared decision-making in health care: a literature review.

ABSTRACT: High-quality provider-patient decision-making is key to quality care for complex conditions. We performed an analysis of key elements relevant to quality and complex, shared medical decision-making. Based on a search of electronic databases, including Medline and the Cochrane Library, as well as relevant articles' reference lists, reviews of tools, and annotated bibliographies, we developed a list of key concepts and applied them to a decision-making example. Key concepts identified included provider competence, trustworthiness, and cultural competence; communication with patients and families; information quality; patient/surrogate competence; and roles and involvement. We applied this concept list to a case example, shared decision-making for live donor kidney transplantation, and identi

SUBMITTER: Dy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723523 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature