Treatment decision-making in the medical encounter: Comparing the attitudes of French surgeons and their patients in breast cancer care

Conclusion: Most surgeons reported adopting the “some sharing” approach. However, one patient out of three reported that they would have liked to participate more in the TDM process.Practice implications: Surgeons need to ask patients what their preferences for involvement in TDM are and then think about ways to accommodate both their own and patients’ preferences regarding the TDM process to be used in each encounter. In addition, decision aids could be offered to surgeons to help them discuss treatment options with their patients.

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - December 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Florence Nguyen, Nora Moumjid, Cathy Charles, Amiram Gafni, Tim Whelan, Marie-Odile Carrère Tags: Medical Decision Making Source Type: research