BMJ 2003;327 (6 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7414.0-e
Patient involvement in healthcare decisions is hard on doctors
Doctors are encouraged to involve patients in making treatment decisions, but this poses challenges for doctors. In a clinical review article, Say and Thomson (p 542) discuss these challenges, which include the extra time and effort required to elicit patients' perspectives and the negotiations needed when the preferences of the doctor and the patient differ. Doctors often do not have the interpersonal skills to sufficiently communicate risk. A dearth of appropriate information to support patients' treatment decisions is also a problem, say the authors.
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