Cheryl R Dennison Himmelfarb, Theresa M Beckie, Larry A Allen, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Patricia M Davidson, Grace Lin, Barbara Lutz, Erica S Spatz
Shared decision-making is increasingly embraced in health care and recommended in cardiovascular guidelines. Patient involvement in health care decisions, patient-clinician communication, and models of patient-centered care are critical to improve health outcomes and to promote equity, but formal models and evaluation in cardiovascular care are nascent. Shared decision-making promotes equity by involving clinicians and patients, sharing the best available evidence, and recognizing the needs, values, and experiences of individuals and their families when faced with the task of making decisions...
August 14, 2023: Circulation