Lead author of ‘Interventions for increasing the use of shared decision making by healthcare professionals’ discusses Cochrane Review

A Q&A with the lead author, France L égaréLead author, France L égaré, recently published theCochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care review‘Interventions for increasing the use of shared decision making by healthcare professionals’in the Cochrane Library. Shared decision making is a promising approach for preference-sensitive decisions for example initiating hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms or choosing to undergo surgery for knee osteoarthritis. It helps patients and families identify the best options, clarify their values and preferences, and have effective conversations with their healthcare professional thus allowing them to have better control over their treatment plans. However, more work needs to be done to know what are the most promising strategies to put shared decision making into practice.Please can you describe yourself and your Cochrane Group?Since 2006 I have held aCanada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation. Our research programme ' s overarching goal is to provide health professionals and their patients with the necessary skills to promote shared decision-making throughout the healthcare continuum.With this goal in mind, we partnered with experts in shared decision making and patient decision aids around the world to identify the most promising strategies to put shared decision making into practice and thus ensure that patients and families have better control over their treatment plansW...
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