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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
[What hinders the patient's involvement in defining the process of care?]
1Ordine dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri, Firenze.
Abstract:
Despite the available evidence supporting Shared Decision Making (SDM), the hidden-in-plain-sight barriers to its application in clinical practice continue to hinder its achievement. Yet, SDM is one of the most powerful instruments that doctors should be equipped with in order to navigate through uncertainty in medicine. This article provides a potential list of obstacles and solutions - from doctors' university training to clinical practice guidelines - to patient involvement in health decisions, and indicates which actions could be put in place to allow physicians to better take care of the individual patient they face every day.
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