Research into patient preferences and the development of a concrete tool to measure them KU Leuven
During the last two decades, shared decision making (SDM) has been increasingly applied in multiple health care decision contexts. Within the model of SDM, a patient and physician share information regarding the benefits and risks of potential options and personal preferences. They discuss the patient’s preferences for each of the available options and discuss the patient’s desire for involvement in decision making. Finally, they make or ...