Based on years of walking alongside my patients through uncertainty, risk, and irreversible choices, I believe I understand what shared decision-making actually requires. At stake, in my opinion, is ...

In daily pediatric practice, shared decision-making is already happening, often more than is acknowledged,” a pediatrician writes.

Patients are often faced with difficult healthcare decisions, particularly when choosing treatment options for a medical condition. Historically, physicians made treatment decisions for patients.

Experts worry that health officials' use of 'shared decision-making' in new vaccine guidance distorts the concept's meaning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. Shared decision-making between doctors and patients may be ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new approach to six shots that were formerly given routinely will introduce new hurdles for getting ...

Credit: Getty Images Respect for the autonomy of patients does not mean leaving them to navigate health care decisions on their own. Shared decision-making enables physicians to serve as guides to ...

Shared clinical decision-making assumes access that many families lack, risking lower vaccination rates, wider inequities, and harm to children and public health.

Delivering high-quality care starts with understanding what matters most to each patient. Clinicians can’t choose treatments that match patients’ priorities and values until they engage with them. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many patients with lung cancer and their caregivers reported they lacked involvement in decision-making. Complex ...

On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 17 to 11, citing practices in other wealthy nations, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients want to have conversations about costs of care. Fewer than 15% of patients report having these ...