Shared Decision Making

About this activity

This session deals with treating your patients as equal partners in the decisions reached about their treatment, while meeting clinical needs and desires. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in August 2014. Objectives By the end of this session you will be able to: • Identify how to come to a shared decision with your patient • Describe the tension between clinical priorities and your patient's wishes • Describe how to empower your patient