Communicating evidence for participatory decision making.

By Ronald M. Epstein, B. Alper, T. Quill. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2004

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Testing a self-determination theory intervention for motivating tobacco cessation: supporting autonomy and competence in a clinical trial. (2006, background): “A recent meta-analysis of communication in medicine ( Epstein, Alper, & Quill, 2004 ) found a paucity of evidence on how communication style can improve patient participatory decision making and highlights the importance of the empirical evidence that this study provides.”
Erectile Dysfunction: AUA Guideline (2018, methodology): “using language and concepts that are understandable to the patient.(10,11) This commitment includes the awareness that health literacy varies widely across”
Coproduction of healthcare service (2015, background): “54 Even after training, many patients and professionals in Scotland inconsistently apply new-found skills and orientation.”
How does communication heal? Pathways linking clinician-patient communication to health outcomes. (2009, background): “First, many decisions are complicated by the lack of clinical evidence or evidence that is ambiguous or inconsistent [45].”
Clinical practice guidelines for support of the family in the patient-centered intensive care unit: American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force 2004–2005 (2007, background): “A new model, known as shared decision making, has been introduced over the past several years (16, 17).”