What is it about?
This paper compares the ideals of shared decision making to how decisions are made about cancer care treatment in the consultation.
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Why is it important?
Although the analysis suggests that ideals of shared decision making are rarely met in the cancer care consultation, maybe those ideals are not appropriate. Perhaps health professionals could try to determine how much a patient wants to be involved in decision-making and proceed on that basis.
Perspectives
It has been a great privilege working with clinicians and other researchers on this project. I have greatly appreciated the research team's acceptance of my 'sociological' reflections on clinical practices, and the research has also greatly enhanced my appreciation of the complex work that health professionals do.
Kevin Dew
Victoria University of Wellington
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This page is a summary of: Cancer care decision-making and treatment consent: An observational study of patients’ and clinicians’ rights, Journal of Sociology, May 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1440783318773880.
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