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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[Nursing contribution in health decision making]
Angélica Mosqueda-Díaz1, Sara Mendoza-Parra2, Viviane Jofré-Aravena2
1Escuela de Enfermería, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Abstract:
Decision making in health is a frequent situation, although potentially difficult, depending on patient/user characteristics and the context or the situation of health. This causes decisional conflicts in patients/users. The present study proposes to analyze the decision making process in health, conceptually, and nurses' contributions to understand and confront the phenomenon. The Ottawa the Model of Decisions Making in Health, proposed by Annette O'Connor, arises as a useful tool that enables nurses to carry out effective interventions with persons who face decision problems. Patients/users can assume a more active participation in the decisions on their own health.
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