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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
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Published on: February 16, 2011

Shared decision-making and patient autonomy.

Lars Sandman1, Christian Munthe

  • 1Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, Gothenburg University, Sweden. lars.sandman@hb.se

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
|August 25, 2009
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Shared decision-making in patient care enhances autonomy. Analyzing five aspects of autonomy supports shared rational deliberative patient choice and joint decision-making models.

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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Health Psychology
  • Patient-Centered Care

Background:

  • Patient-centered care emphasizes shared decision-making (SDM) as the optimal model.
  • SDM is linked to patient autonomy, but the precise relationship and support are unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the relationship between SDM and patient autonomy.
  • To identify which aspects of autonomy best support SDM.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of different SDM models.
  • Evaluation against five distinct aspects of patient autonomy: self-realization, preference satisfaction, self-direction, binary autonomy, and gradual autonomy.

Main Results:

  • Autonomy aspects individually and jointly support 'shared rational deliberative patient choice' and 'joint decision' models.
  • These models are preferred from an autonomy perspective.

Conclusions:

  • Shared rational deliberative patient choice and joint decision-making are the most autonomy-supportive SDM models.
  • The 'professionally driven best interest compromise' is a viable alternative if preferred models fail.