Shared decision making and the internist

Victor M Montori; Marleen Kunneman; Ian Hargraves; Juan P Brito

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2016.09.018

Shared decision making and the internist

Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Jan:37:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.09.018. Epub 2016 Oct 3.

Authors

Victor M Montori¹, Marleen Kunneman², Ian Hargraves³, Juan P Brito³

Affiliations

¹ Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: montori.victor@mayo.edu.
² Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

PMID: 27712953
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.09.018

Abstract

In this narrative review, we locate within the tradition of great diagnosticians in internal medicine, a fundamental development in patient-centered care: shared decision making (SDM). In this way, we present SDM as a core component of the clinical method, one in which diagnosis of the situation and of the actions that resolve it is essential toward the practice of evidence-based medicine.

Keywords: Minimally disruptive medicine; Patient–clinician communication; Shared decision making.

Published by Elsevier B.V.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Communication*
Decision Making*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Internal Medicine*
Patient Participation
Patient-Centered Care*
Physician-Patient Relations*