Shared Decision Making in Neurocritical Care

Muhammad Waqas Khan; Susanne Muehlschlegel

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2017.11.009

Shared Decision Making in Neurocritical Care

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2018 Apr;29(2):315-321. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2017.11.009.

Authors

Muhammad Waqas Khan¹, Susanne Muehlschlegel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S-5, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
² Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, S-5, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Electronic address: Susanne.Muehlschlegel@umassmemorial.org.

Abstract

Shared decision making is a collaborative decision-making process between health care providers and patients or their surrogates, taking into account the best scientific evidence available while considering the patient's values, goals, and preferences. Decision aids are tools enabling SDM. This article discusses shared decision making in general and in the intensive care unit in particular and facilitators and barriers for the creation and implementation of International Patient Decision Aids Standards Collaboration-compliant decision aids for the intensive care unit and neuro-intensive care unit.

Keywords: Decision aid; Intensive care unit; Neurocritical care; Patient-centered care; Shared decision making.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Communication
Decision Making*
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Patient Selection
Research*

Grants and funding

K23 HD080971/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States