Knowra Shared decision-making Shared decision-making Shared decision-making is a process in which clinicians and patients make health decisions together by combining clinical evidence with the patient’s preferences and values.
Three-talk model : A shared decision-making framework organized around team talk, option talk, and decision talk. It structures the conversation from partnership through comparing options to reaching a decision.
Evidence-based medicine : The integration of research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values in healthcare decisions. It supplies the evidence component that shared decisions combine with individual preferences.
Preference-sensitive care : Healthcare in which the best choice depends substantially on a patient’s preferences among reasonable options. These choices particularly call for combining evidence with the patient’s priorities.
Paternalism : A decision-making approach in which an authority limits another person’s choices for that person’s presumed benefit. It contrasts with sharing deliberation and authority between clinician and patient.
Decision aid : A tool that presents health options, evidence, and trade-offs to support an informed choice. It makes options and their consequences easier to compare during a decision.
Clinical equipoise : Genuine uncertainty within the medical community about which treatment is preferable. When evidence does not establish one best option, patient preferences can guide the choice.
Prostate cancer screening : Testing asymptomatic people for prostate cancer, commonly using prostate-specific antigen testing. Screening involves trade-offs between possible early detection and harms such as overdiagnosis.
Informed decision-making : A process in which a person makes a choice based on adequate information and understanding. It can inform a patient’s independent choice without requiring joint deliberation.
Risk communication : The communication of information about the likelihood and consequences of uncertain outcomes. Clear risk explanations help patients weigh benefits and harms among options.
Patient values : A person’s priorities and judgments about health outcomes, burdens, and acceptable trade-offs. These values determine how clinical benefits and harms matter to an individual.
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