Shared Decision Making Month Contributor Spotlight: Jeff Belkora
Jeff is a faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He runs a patient support program at the medical center there, helping people weigh the risks and benefits of their...
View ArticleVoices of Shared Decision Making with Leana Wen
Medicine has become increasingly disconnected. Patients and doctors are both well-intended, but they are doing different things with different goals and different means. If I could do one thing to...
View ArticleAre We Expecting Too Much From Shared Decision Making?
Steven Katz and Sarah Hawley of the University of Michigan authored a Viewpoint in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association asking if we are “expecting too much” by suggesting that...
View ArticleHelping Women and their Families Make Informed Decisions about Breast Cancer
October is here once again, bringing a sea of colors into our daily lives. It’s not just the leaves though; the color pink has started appearing everywhere, which can only mean one thing -- National...
View ArticleNurses: Making Sure the Patient’s Voice Is Heard
“I’m sorry to tell you this, but you have an early-stage breast cancer.” So began the conversation I had with many patients following a biopsy of a suspicious area found on a screening mammogram....
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